Jim Irsay used to be an absolutely jacked power lifter. He has video to prove it.
Colts owner Jim Irsay puts your weightlifting routine to shame.
He tweeted a video Tuesday night from his days as a 300-pound power lifter.
“When I weighed 307 pounds and squatting 525 pounds in the Super Heavy Weight Power Lifting Championships!”
When I weighed 307 pounds and squatting 525 pounds in the Super Heavy Weight Power Lifting Championships! 💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/eZyqYk4o7t
— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) January 19, 2022
Irsay’s former wife, Meg, told the Los Angeles Times in 1987 about a time in the mid-1980s when Jim was trying to put on weight for a lifting contest. He put on 60 pounds, to go from 220 to 280.
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“Jim ate everything on the table and anything else he could find in the house,” Meg said.
Irsay would wake up in the middle of the night, every night, to take a protein supplement.
According to the LA Times, Irsay was required to weigh at least 275 pounds for the contest. When he weighed in, he was six pounds shy.
“So I drank a gallon of water,” he said. “As you know, a gallon of water adds up to eight pounds. I just made weight.”
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