country. The official language of Estonia is Estonian, while Russian is also spoken widely. Estonia follows the system of Parliamentary Republic. Tartu is the cultural capital of Estonia, while Parnu is its summer capital. Estonia has the highest number of meteorite craters per land area in the world Estonia is small, but it isnt the smallest country in Europe. Its bigger than Slovenia, Holland, Denmark, and Switzerland. Suur Munamagi, at a measly 318 meters (about 1,000 feet), is the tallest mountain in the country. Ten months of the year it is too dark to be up and two months it is too light to go to bed. National flower- cornflower National bird- barn swallow 54% of the population use the internet The history of human culture in Estonia dates back to the Mesolithic period, i.e. to the Stone Age more than 10 000 years ago. Estonians have one of the biggest collections of folk songs in the world, with
freaks of nature like Rich Demers, who could bench-press 215 pounds for 39 reps. That impressed me. It impressed me, but it didn't stun me. Stunning was Joe Ceklovsky, who has bench-pressed 600 pounds in competition at 148 pounds bodyweight. Stunning was Scot Mendelson, who has bench-pressed 1,031 pounds in competition at 275 pounds bodyweight. To put 1,031 in perspective, imagine loading a standard gym barbell with 45-pound plates until no more can t. That is a measly 885 pounds. Scot has to use 100-pound plates, and the tempered-steel bar literally bends around his hands. He wears a mouth guard so he doesn't shatter his teeth with jaw tension, and his vision gets pulled out horizontally when the bar pauses at his chest. These are unusual people. But that's a compliment. You can learn a lot from the extremes. Background on the Bench: My Achille's Heel The bench press has always been my weakest exercise. Few sports require much of the chest,
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