 As a bench presser he has won the British and European championships super-heavyweight division on numerous occasions.In 1997 and 1999 he was the winner of the World Bench Press Championships.He is also noted for having broken a number of records in bench pressing and in 1999 became Guinness world record holder for the most bench presses of a person in one minute, lifting Ian Wright and the bench he was lying on, amounting to for 56 repetitions.