Rob Powell (Fitness Coach)

Rob Powell
ROBPOWELLCYCLE.jpg
Personal Info/Bio
Name: Rob Powell
Nickname: Coach
Residence Waco, Texas USA
Website 1 WFC World Fitness Club
Website 2 WFC Training Program

Rob Powell is an American football, track and field athlete, and fitness and conditioning coach. He is the four time World Record Holder, four time World Fitness Champion, two Guinness World Records: 2001[1] and 2002[2], and two time World Fitness Champion (WFC) World Record Holder 2003[3] and 2004 [4]
He trains elite military and law enforcement personnel in martial arts, and has coached junior high, high school and college athletes. He also trains top athletes, grandmothers, and people of every fitness level in between, via his WFC World Fitness Champion Fitness Website.

Powell hosts a fitness social site, The WFC World Fitness Club, which caters to athletes, fans, schools, parents and anyone of every fitness level.

Contents

Early life

Powell grew up on a Ranch, in Dry Creek, Texas. Beginning his training at age 4, an avid martial artist, he has developed his own martial arts form, "Nok Beko". He graduated from W.H. Ford High School, South Plains College[5], and Texas Tech University[5].

Guinness World Records

There are specific rules and events for the Guinness World Record set by Rob Powell. His Guinness World Records consists of the following, and his World Records are unmatched in history:

  1. 2 Mile Swim
  2. 12 Mile Run
  3. 12 Mile Hike
  4. 1,250 Push Ups
  5. 1,250 Leg Lifts
  6. 1,250 Jumping Jacks
  7. 110 Mile Cycling
  8. 20 Mile Row
  9. 20 Mile Elliptical
  10. 3,250 Sit Ups
  11. Lift 300,000 Pounds of Weight (Upper Body Only)

Guinness World Record Times

  1. October 27-28, 2001, 22:11:40[6][7] Shattering Joe Decker's World Record.
  2. October 26-27, 2002, 19:17:38[2] Shattering his own World Record by 3 Hours.

WFC World Fitness Championship

The World Fitness Championship:

  1. 2 Mile Swim
  2. 10 Mile Run
  3. 10 Mile Hike
  4. 500 Pop-Ups
  5. 500 Hanging Leg Lifts
  6. 100 Mile Cycle
  7. 20 Mile Row
  8. 20 Mile Elliptical
  9. 3,000 Crunches
  10. Lift 300,000 Pounds of Weight (Upper Body Only)

WFC World Fitness Championship Times

Rob Powell's Times:

  1. October 25-26, 2003, 18:36:15
  2. October 30-31, 2004, 18:15:02

Articles

Several articles have been written about Powell in publications, including:

Newspapers

Amarillo Globe [8]
Clarion-Ledger[9]
Cleburne[10]
Daily Journal[11]
Dallas Morning News [12][13]
Fort Worth Star Telegram[14][15]
Lubbock Avalanch Journal [16]
SA Express[17]
Sulphur Springs News Telegram[18]
Terrell Tribune[19]
The Natchez Democrat[20]
The Tennessean[21]
USA Today[22]
Waco Tribune-Herald[23][24][25]

Magazines

Adventure Sports Magazine[26]
Bicycling Magazine
Global Fitness Directory[27]
MEN'S FITNESS UK [28]
 Region 12 Publication[29]

Internet Magazine

Keep Fitness[30]
Runner's Forum (Let's Run)[31]

Notes

  1. ^ Guinness World Records: Claim ID 17538
  2. ^ a b Guinness World Records: Claim ID 27908 ; Member Number: 10529
  3. ^ Oct 25-26, 2003
  4. ^ Oct 30-31, 2004
  5. ^ a b Interview Sept. 2009
  6. ^ Guinness World Records: Claim ID 17538
  7. ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F3A90F250E0E2AF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  8. ^ Apr 28,02 FRONT PG and C1
  9. ^ June 12, 2002 Front PG and page 1D
  10. ^ Aug 4,2002 FRONT PAGE A1
  11. ^ June 13, 2002 Page 1D
  12. ^ Oct 30,2004
  13. ^ May 18,2002 Page 12B
  14. ^ December 26, 2003
  15. ^ May 8, 2002 FRONT PG and page 2D
  16. ^ April 10, 2002
  17. ^ June 19, 2003 FRONT PG and 1C
  18. ^ March 17, 2007 FRONT PAGE
  19. ^ Mar, 2005 FRONT PG and D1
  20. ^ June 10, 2002 FRONT PG
  21. ^ June 17, 2002
  22. ^ June 10, 2002
  23. ^ March 20, 2002, FRONT PAGE
  24. ^ June 29, 2002
  25. ^ May 30, 2003
  26. ^ Nov. 2004 Page 16
  27. ^ SEPT. 2006
  28. ^ March 2004 Page 40
  29. ^ May 2002 Page 1
  30. ^ Sept. 6, 2006
  31. ^ Nov. 11, 2004

External links

Open source encyclopedia content modification information:

This page was last modified on 17 April 2010 at 10:42.

Authorship and Review

Open source encyclopedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Content is sourced directly from Wikipedia and is authored by an open community of volunteers. It is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.

Usage Guidelines

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Rob Powell (Fitness Coach)", which is available in its original form here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rob_Powell_(Fitness_Coach)

All material adapted used from Wikipedia is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. Wikipedia® itself is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.