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America’s Strongest Man

Derek Poundstone Uses Mental Toughness To Become Arguably The Strongest Man In The World

Wed, 05/04/2011 - 03:00

 

Mind Of Steel

Story and Photographs By John Murray

   Some might think that genetics and large muscles are the key to Derek Poundstone’s stunning rise to the title of America’s Strongest Man.

   They would be wrong.

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