BY ALEX CAMPBELL So, there it was. As simple as that. Bob Peoples had called for the magical 700 pounds to be added to the deadlift bar. A weight that men had only been dreaming of for decades. Now, all Peoples had to do, with the very anxious Bill Boone looking on, was step to the bar and lift it. There was nothing between Peoples and that heavy bar but air and opportunity. If there is anything that people who live in the southern Appalachian Mountains know, it is how loyal folk can be to those who earn respect from their community.

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