In it, the former Olympic sprinter Carl Lewis says that when Mr. In the film, a newscaster covering one of his bizarre lifting events describes himĪs “the Dalai Lama meets the Incredible Hulk.” Chinmoy’s weightlifting made by two of his followers, Natabara Rollosson and Sanjay Rawal. The museum was opened to coincide with the Tribeca Film Festival premiere last Friday of “ Challenging Impossibility,”Ī short documentary about Mr. He explained the purpose of each of the four machines: one for ankle curls, another for wrist twists, this oneįor leg extensions, and that one for thumb presses. “For us, they’re sacred, something he used every day for years,” Mr. Sometimes he would challenge his followers to compete against each other on them. Chinmoy ordered hundreds of customized exercise machines over the years.
Platform thousands of public figures, including Muhammad Ali, Sting and Nelson Mandela. He traveled the world lifting heavy objects - airplanes, schoolhouses, pickup trucks - and hoisted on a special lifting His own strenuous feats to spread his message of world harmony and inner peace. Chinmoy advocated extreme physical achievements as a path to spiritual enlightenment, and he urged his disciples to nurture their spirituality by taking on seemingly impossible physical challenges. Benjamin Norman for The New York Times The strongman Hugo Girard outside the after-party for “Challenging Impossibility.”
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