Actor
Steve Reeves
Actor in Hercules films and Mr. Universe bodybuilder
4 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Steve Reeves Kneeling barbell clean
Steve Reeves's recorded Kneeling barbell clean is 225 lb. Source date: 2003-10-01. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at ironmanmagazine.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.
Contest in his bodybuilding career (Mr. America 1947, Mr. Universe 1950)
Source quote and limits
“a lift of 225 pounds”
John Little reports that Reeves completed a 225 lb lift in this kneeling barbell-clean contest. Little knew and interviewed Reeves over fourteen years. The feat day and bodyweight are unknown; date uses the article publication. The kneeling variation is kept separate from a standard power clean. Reeves died in 2000 (Wikipedia). The lift is from his bodybuilding career; 2003 is the article date only.
2003
- Kneeling barbell clean225 lb
Quote and details
“a lift of 225 pounds”
Steve Reeves Incline dumbbell curl (per hand)
Steve Reeves's recorded Incline dumbbell curl (per hand) is 90 lb. Source date: 2003-10-01. This was a working set. The source at ironmanmagazine.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is low.
Training habit in his bodybuilding career (Mr. America 1947, Mr. Universe 1950)
Source quote and limits
“incline curls with 90-pound dumbbells”
Little says Reeves routinely performed strict repetitions with these dumbbells. The load is per dumbbell. The source gives no repetition count. Date uses the article publication because the exact training dates are unknown. Bodyweight is unknown. Reeves died in 2000 (Wikipedia). The lift is from his bodybuilding career; 2003 is the article date only.
2003
- Incline dumbbell curl (per hand)90 lb
Quote and details
“incline curls with 90-pound dumbbells”
Steve Reeves Incline dumbbell press (per hand)
Steve Reeves's recorded Incline dumbbell press (per hand) is 120 lb. Latest year of a range: 2000. This was a working set. The source at criticalbench.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is low.
Historical bodybuilding training; feat day unknown
Source quote and limits
“120+ pound Dumbbells were not uncommon for him to use”
Dennis B. Weis describes historical training loads. Stores the 120 lb lower bound per dumbbell. The general ten-rep description is not tied to this load, so reps are null. The source gives no narrower dated period for the press, and states that Reeves died on May 1, 2000. Date stores 2000 as the last possible year of this lifetime range; it is not an exact feat year. The page was published in 2023.
2000
- Incline dumbbell press (per hand)120 lb
Quote and details
“120+ pound Dumbbells were not uncommon for him to use”
Steve Reeves Push-up with an adult on his back (added load unknown)
Steve Reeves's recorded Push-up with an adult on his back (added load unknown) is 20 reps. Performance date: 1944. Age at the time: 17–18. This was a working set. The source at stevereeves.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is low.
Army basic-training challenge at Camp Roberts
Source quote and limits
“Steve reached twenty push-ups”
The society newsletter reports that Reeves completed twenty push-ups with his drill sergeant seated near the top of his shoulders. This is a historical narrative with no named eyewitness or author in the displayed section. The added load and Reeves bodyweight are unknown, so this stays separate from standard bodyweight push-ups. The account places the challenge on his first basic-training day after induction on September 12, 1944. Only the feat year is stored because the exact challenge day is not given. No maximum is claimed. The archive page identifies the newsletter year as 1996.
1944
- Push-up with an adult on his back (added load unknown)× 20
Quote and details
“Steve reached twenty push-ups”
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