Friday, July 9, 2010


  Strongest 12-year-old  - Kyle Kane sets world record

  COVENTRY, UK  -- Kyle Kane , from Coventry, managed to lift 308 lbs (139.7 kg) at a charity event - setting the new world record for the Strongest 12-year-old .

 Photo: Schoolboy Kyle Kane has been crowned the world's strongest 12-year-old . Photo courtesy CATERS
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   At 5ft 7ins and 10.5 stone he is already twice the size of most boys his age and has muscles to rival that of most men.

   "It feels sensational to have broken a World Record, it's not something many 12-year-olds can say they've achieved. "But this is just the beginning I want to keep breaking records and setting a new World Record every year if I can."

    Prior to his attempt, the World Association of Benchers and Dead Lifters World Record dead lift for a 12-year-old was 236lb, set by an American youngster.

    Nicknamed Little Arnie after musclemen Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kyle now trains in the gym four times a week and can shift 600lb (272kg) with his legs, 309lb (140kg) deadweight and bench-press 200lb (90kg).

    He started kickboxing when he was four years-old and became a black belt by the age of nine. He began weightlifting when he was 10.

    When he is not training, Kyle enjoys playing with his school friends at Grace Academy where his favourite subjects are History and PE.

     His remarkable strength puts him at a huge advantage in Rugby - not to mention shot-put and javelin.

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