James Strickland is currently one of the strongest powerlifters in the world, he is currently ranked 4th all time in the bench press 308 class, and ranked 3rd all time in the submaster's division in the total, and his best bench press is 672lbs at a 292 lbs bodyweight!, I had the honor of sitting with him and talk about his story of getting into powerlifting, his swimming career and his brief football career when he tried out for the NFL, and then we talked about his opinion on what happened to Julius Maddox