Anderson - Cohen Weightlifting Center

08/24/2026

Tigers getting ready for the season!!!!
Go Tigers, Go Savannah State!!!!

08/19/2026

Doctors told his parents he'd DIE before his teens from a deadly kidney disease... yet this kid from Georgia turned frailty into the GREATEST STRENGTH FEATS IN HUMAN HISTORY.

"The Dixie Derrick" went on to:

Backlift 6,270 POUNDS – Guinness record for the heaviest weight EVER raised by a human Raw bench 627 lbs, squat 1,200 lbs, press 400+ lbs overhead (first ever)

Win Olympic GOLD in 1956 while burning with fever and down 30 lbs from illness

Clean & jerk 436 lbs, deadlift nearly 1,000 lbs with straps, and pull cars with his TEETH Train in his backyard with homemade concrete weights, squatting daily with gallon-of-milk-fueled marathons

All natural, pre-steroid era. Last American superheavyweight Olympic champ. Later founded a home saving thousands of troubled kids through faith and iron.

Is this the strongest man who ever lived? His story will blow your mind. Full legend revealed in comments.

01/26/2026

Check out our team training schedule! Big things happening all day everyday💪

11/21/2025

The holiday season is officially here! Check out our Thanksgiving schedule and include us in your plans🍗

11/11/2025

🇺🇸 Veterans Day Closure Notice 🇺🇸

The Anderson Cohen Weightlifting Center will be closed on Tuesday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

We extend our deepest gratitude to all who have served and continue to serve our country. 💪❤️🤍💙

Normal hours will resume tomorrow morning, November 12 at 7 AM.

10/19/2025

The legendary Paul Anderson. His official weightlifting lifts are documented, but to me it's a real shame he was around before powerlifting and that there is no official results for his squats and bench. I know all the stories and I've read everything on him, but a lot of those claims are so impressive it makes it hard to believe.

08/19/2025

Here is 2024Drug Tested North American champion Kassandra Bozeman bringing in the week with 120kg for 8.

08/12/2025

We celebrate Mondays with squats. Here is Coach Holcey taking 200kg.(440lbs) for 8 reps. He is getting ready to defend his #1 ranking in in the Men’s Masters( 50-54) -140kg class in October.

08/03/2025

What a GREAT group of powerlifter to train with, four masters World Record holders and two national/North American champion.

07/31/2025

This is definitely a “Get To” for us!

Here's something to get excited about!

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