text: DISCUSSION 
  
  This study is the ﬁrst to document the lower-body muscle 
  and tendon morphology of a World’s Strongest Man and 
  deadlift champion (i.e., an exceptionally strong individual), 
  and these are presented alongside functional whole body 
  assessments, which exceeded the highest IMTP force (gross 
  
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