Career
Brian is regarded as one of the strongest men to ever walk the planet, especially in press-movements. Brian started lifting in high school, mainly just training the bench press and upper body. Brian started focusing on squatting and deadlifting in the winter of 1997, and started doing full powerlifting meets in 1998.
Brian trains 6–7 days per week and up to 4 hours at a time at his gym he built at his home.
Brian has set several powerlifting world records, including a world record total of 2,452 lbs. at the 2004 USAPL Senior National Championships, and another world record total of 2,529 lbs. at the 2004 IPF World Championships. Brian held the IPF world record in the bench press of 775.5 lbs.(3525 kg), and total(squat, bench press and deadlift) of 2,596 lbs.(1,180 kg) in the +125 kg(super heavyweight) weight class.
Powerlifting Competition Records:
equipped
Squat- 1,019 lbs./462,5 kilo
Bench Press - 799 lbs./362,5 kilo
Deadlift - 865 lbs./392,5 kilo
Total - 2,651 lbs./1202,5 kilo
The squat, bench and total are not official records because they were completed at a local powerlifting competition, and not at an national or international competition as one have to do to be counted as official records according to IPF rules. raw (unequipped)
Squat- 785 lbs./356 kg. Bench Press - 650 lbs./295 kg.
Deadlift - 840 lbs./381 kg.
Total - 2,240 lbs. (785/635/820).