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Steve Schmidt lifted a 100 kg weight with his teeth 60 times in one minute

AI-generated cover: still life of a heavy training weight, strap and sports mouthguard; no person or lifting action, and not Schmidt’s record setup. Prompt: “Photorealistic vertical 4:5 editorial still life of a heavy round metal training weight resting securely on a padded platform, a coiled lifting strap and a clean sports mouthguard nearby, quiet gym lighting, documentary detail. No person, no teeth, no lifting action; generic equipment, not Steve Schmidt's record setup. No readable text, logos or numbers.” Generated 20 October 2026.

Siegmund “Zishe” Breitbart pulling a heavy weight using his teeth, November 1923; original glass negative by the National Photo Company; restored by Michel Vuijlsteke. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, digital ID npcc.09986; public domain in the United States. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siegmund_Breitbart2.jpg.

Siegmund “Zishe” Breitbart pulling a wagon with people aboard using his teeth, Washington, D.C., 1923; photographer Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, digital ID hec.43602; public domain. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siegmund_%22Zishe%22_Breitbart,_performer-strongman_who_pulled_a_wagon_with_50_persons_on_board_through_the_streets_of_Washington,_D.C.,_with_his_teeth_LCCN2016892848.jpg.

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AI-generated cover: still life of a heavy training weight, strap and sports mouthguard; no person or lifting action, and not Schmidt’s record setup. Prompt: “Photorealistic vertical 4:5 editorial still life of a heavy round metal training weight resting securely on a padded platform, a coiled lifting strap and a clean sports mouthguard nearby, quiet gym lighting, documentary detail. No person, no teeth, no lifting action; generic equipment, not Steve Schmidt's record setup. No readable text, logos or numbers.” Generated 20 October 2026.

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On 13 July 2013, American Steve Schmidt lifted a 100-kilogram weight with his teeth 60 times in one minute. Guinness World Records recorded the attempt at the Leslie United Methodist Church Recreation Pavilion in Leslie, Missouri, USA. Schmidt won back the title he had first set in 2010, when he completed 50 repetitions.