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Feats of Strength are acts strongmen exhibit to showcase their great strength. They often require immense hand and finger strength, as well as core musculature. Modern feats of strength are sometimes performed in circuses or on television.

Some commons ones include:

Coin-bending.
Crowbar-bending.
Tearing a phone-book in half.T
Lifting large weights over one's head.
Holding back pulling horses.

Some feats of strength require skill in a greater proportion than strength, whereas others are purely strength tasks.

Criss Angel performs feats of strength as part of his television show Mindfreak, although it is not clear how much of his performance is due to strength and how much due to prestidigitation. Olympic weight lifters perform movements which require great skill as well as incredible strength, and spend many years perfecting their lifts, (particularly the snatch) before heavier weights are attempted. Powerlifters, on the other hand, perform lifts which consist of pure strength with very little body movement or skill compared to olympic weighlifting. The deadlift, for example, is a powerlifting movement which consists almost entirely of pure strength.[[<a href="http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1123537465050960262DAKguK"><img src="http://thumb2.webshots.net/s/thumb1/3/74/65/123537465DAKguK_th.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Webshots.com"></a>
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 Some feats of strength require skill in a greater proportion than strength, whereas others are purely strength tasks.
-[[Criss Angel]] performs feats of strength as part of his television show [[Mindfreak]], although it is not clear how much of his performance is due to strength and how much due to prestidigitation.
+[[Criss Angel]] performs feats of strength as part of his television show [[Mindfreak]], although it is not clear how much of his performance is due to strength and how much due to prestidigitation. Olympic weight lifters perform movements which require great skill as well as incredible strength, and spend many years perfecting their lifts, (particularly the [[snatch]]) before heavier weights are attempted. [[Powerlifter]]s, on the other hand, perform lifts which consist of pure strength with very little body movement or skill ''compared'' to olympic weighlifting. The [[deadlift]], for example, is a powerlifting movement which consists almost entirely of pure strength.[[<a href="http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1123537465050960262DAKguK"><img src="http://thumb2.webshots.net/s/thumb1/3/74/65/123537465DAKguK_th.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Webshots.com"></a><br>by <a href=http://community.webshots.com/user/stryker236> stryker236</a>]]
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