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Meet Tom Bish, The Christian Pastor And Above-The-Knee Amputee Who Set CT Power-Lifting Records

What started as a normal Saturday turned into anything but when Tom Bish, the Christian pastor who is also an above-the-knee amputee, walked into the gym. He had a smile on his face, as is normally the case with Bish. 

Both Bish and I have the same trainer, Sam McCue of Cue Coaching. McCue invited the two of us to an open gym to work out. I have seen Bish at the gym many times, as he and I have both been training with Sam for years. 

However, because our training sessions usually butt up against one another, we never had time for more than short rounds of small talk and the standard casual pleasantries. 

Sam McCue (left), personal trainer and founder of Cue Coaching, Tom Bish (center), Christian Pastor and above-the-knee amputee, and Dan Zaksheske (right), OutKick reporter.

(Dan Zaksheske/OutKick)

On this day, however, I asked Bish if he wanted to train together. He happily accepted and said he wanted to bench press. 

"Fantastic, I love benching," I thought. 

Tom Bish is an older man, in his late 60s, but strong for his age. Still, his max bench is quite a bit lower than mine, so I figured his workout would be much less intensive than mine. 

That was where I was wrong. After we each got in some stretching on our own, we met at the bench for the first set. 

"Where do you want to start?" I asked. 

"Let’s throw 95lbs on the bar," he replied. 

Normally, I would start with a higher weight. But my goal was just to keep it simple and follow Bish’s lead. 

"How many reps are you looking to get?" I asked. 

"Ten," he said. 

So, I hit the bench and quickly repped out 95 lbs. 20 times. That was a good warm up for me. 

Bish laid down, but not before sliding a plate under his left leg. Because he has a prosthetic leg, he needs a

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