kobayashi lifts

takeru kobayashi, the competitive eater, is serious about lifting iron as well as dumplings. this picture is the most recent picture of the buff eating champ that i have found.

the picture is a bit dark, but it appears that he is deadlifting somewhere around 600 pounds. not bad considering he competes as an eater at around 160 pounds of bodyweight.

EDIT: a closer look at the photo in a photo editing program shows that he has a 50kg, six what look like 45 pounder's and, i think, a 25 pound plate on each side. if he's using a standard 45 pound bar, i think that means he's lifting 855 pounds! even if my math or interpretations are off, he's lifting somewhere between 600 and 855 pounds. for a guy of only 160 to 165 pounds, that is freaking amazing and sexy as hell.

in this shot, his chest and traps are just stunning in their size and density. his legs are also pretty sturdy looking.

if my estimate of the weight he's lifting is anywhere near correct, he is dead lifting 30% more weight than i ever did when i was training seriously...and i was 3" taller and 45 pounds heavier then than he is now. the STRENGTH and POWER this muscle man has, packed into such a ripped and compact package is just amazing to me. it's seriously hot...fabulously sexy to see that kind of muscle and power on a smaller guy.

EDIT: if my revised estimate of the weight he's lifting is correct, he is lifting almost twice what i was ever capable of dead lifting in my very best shape. just the thought of a shorter guy, whom i outweigh by 40 or 45 pounds of muscle being THAT much stronger than me...almost double my strength is so hot! what would it be like to wrestle with him or arm wrestle him? he could just toy with me like a cat with a mouse...only the mouse would have all the strength!

i'll keep scowering the net for pictures of this hottest of muscle men.