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"My success in powerlifting has been the foundation in my corporate work, my coaching, and my successful academic life enabling me to instill confidence in all of my daily relationships". Three time World’s Strongest Man, Bill Kazmaier, calls Matt “The Pushpress King”. The Greatest Powerlifter of All Time, Ed Coan, says, “Matt Poe pushpresses like most men benchpress”. Matt Poe started lifting weights in 2nd grade and competing by the time he was 5 years old. He has won several powerlifting, weightlifting, and strongman events throughout his career. Matt Poe had become known as one of the strongest men in the United States at age 33. As a college football letterman at the University of Tennessee, Matt held weightlifting records for three consecutive years in 1992,1993, and 1994. In these same years, he was a member of the “Hall of Fame Bowl Team”, the “Citrus Bowl Team”, and the “Gator Bowl Team”. He was also an All Academic Southeastern Conference Athlete. "Being a part of the University of Tennnessee football program under Johnny Majors and Phillip Fulmer was an honor, but God always had plans for me to powerlift to inspire others. I always new that I would be a professional lifter one day and that football was just a short stage of my life"---Coach Poe Matt was mentored in weightlifting and powerlifting by his father, Martin Poe, who was an AAU Weightlifting Champion, Mr.Tennessee, Mr.Nashville, and a college and a professional strength and football coach. Matt's father was well known for walking off the street unannounced and winning countless weightlifting contests. He is still known for benching 565 RAW at 218 pounds as well as completing 2,500 full situps in a row. The late World Renowned and World Record Holder Chuck, “The Truck” Braxton was Matt’s primary coach and helped Matt to become one of America’s top lifters. His past powerlifting coaches and mentors include E.J. Doc Kreis, Ed Coan, and John Stucky. After a 14 year break from powerlifting, at age 33, Matt entered the five event 2005 Atlantis Strongest Man in America Contest at the New England Powerlifting Championships in Boston, Massachusetts. He placed 4th in the professional open division. This day brought awareness to the entire powerlifting world of his innate ability to press overhead. His training partner Josh Bryant finished in first place at this same meet. Josh and Matt became well known at this time for training outside at Matt’s platform on his own back patio in Nashville, Tennessee. Watch Video of Matt Poe at The 2005 Atlantis Strongest Man in America Contest, Boston, Massachusetts His abilities in the “Pushpress” caught the attention of all spectators, competitors, and sponsors. The greatest powerlifter of all time and judge on this day, Ed Coan, said. “Matt showed a lot of courage and heart and his form on the pushpress was outstanding”. ARTICLE OF INTEREST > CLICK HERE FOR "Modern Day Rocky, Poe Uses Hard Work To Succeed" INTERVIEW OF INTEREST > WORLD RECORD HOLDER JOSH BRYAN'T THOUGHTS ON MATT POE Matt later competed in the five event 2006 Texas Strongest Man Competition at the Mr. Universe Ronnie Coleman Classic in Dallas, Texas where he placed 3rd in the professional open division and became the undisputed first place “Pushpress” Champion leaving his closest competitor 40 pounds behind his winning lift. Watch Video of Matt Poe at The 2006 Texas Strongest Man Competition, Dallas, Texas His “Pushpress” abilities have become the focus of many demonstrations and lifting shows across America and in his “Strength For The Game” show. Watch Video of Matt Poe's "Strength For The Game", Watertown, Tennessee Watch Video of Matt Poe's "Strength For The Game", Lebanon, Tennessee On August 8, 2008, Matt pushpressed for 4 repetitions one of the world’s largest Burmese Pythons (Big Bertha) over his head in an effort to inspire young athletes to become strong through hard work and executing the “last 1%”. This pushpress was the first of its type in history to ever be done by any lifter in the world with the weight totaling 367 pounds. Watch Video of Matt Poe Pressing Burmese Python, Nashville Shores, Tennessee PRESS RELEASE OF INTEREST > CLICK HERE FOR "MAN VS. SNAKE CHALLENGE" On August 8, 2009, Matt repeated this type of pushpress with one of the world's largest Albino Pythons executing a clean and pushpress totaling 329 pounds. Watch Video of Matt Poe's Clean and Press of Albino Python, Nashville Shores, Tennessee Matt sustained a debilitating back injury training for a deadlift demonstration on September 21, 2009. Matt could not walk for several weeks. The doctors said he would never overhead lift again in his career. Matt vowed to not only recover, but also to come back stronger than before his injury. Matt spent 6 hours a day rehabilitating his injury. Starting at 45 pounds in the pushpress, Matt worked his way back up to 300 pounds in the pushpress by the 1st of March of 2010. Three weeks later Matt hit 375 pounds and found himself in December of 2010 with an invitation to lift in March's 2011 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic with The Omega Force Strength Team and Randy Richey in Columbus, Ohio. Matt performed on day one executing a lift never done before, a drum lift weighing 300 pounds. He pushpressed this 300 pounds (11) times. On day two, he repped 300 pounds (12) times breaking the previous day's mark. Watch Video of Matt Poe's Drumpress at the 2011 Arnold Classic Day 1 and Day 2, Columbus, Ohio Watch Video of Matt Poe's Comback By Interview of Sportscaster Rudy Kalis, Nashville, Tennessee ARTICLE OF INTEREST > CLICK HERE FOR "COMBACK DUTY" Less than three months later in June, Matt set a new record in the drumpress at the 2011 Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois repping 310 pounds for (12) reps. Watch Video of Matt Poe's Drumpress at the 2011 Superman Celebration, Metropolis, Illinois He has donated his time on many occasions to fight against alcohol and drug abuse through commercials for “New Life Lodge” in Nashville and free weightlifting demonstrations for “Cumberland Heights” in Nashville as well as many other weightlifting demonstrations throughout the United States by way of his Strength For The Game Program. INTERVIEW OF INTEREST > CLICK HERE FOR "POWERLIFTER WARNS OF STEROID DANGERS" Do you want to become a powerlifter? 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