Robert "Bob" Natoli is an American author, businessman, and Success Coach. He holds a number of

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Personal life

Natoli is from

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. He graduated from Oswego High School. For college, he attended

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and graduated with a degree in

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in 1980. He is married to Peggy Natoli and has two children. He was a

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at Oswego Alliance Church.

Professional life

Business wise, Natoli used to own Rentavision. Rentavision rented furniture and household items. In 1999, the company was acquired by Rent-Way Inc. They acquired Rentavision for $92 million in cash. They also took on the debt and stock holdings of $6 million. As owner of Rentavision, Natoli was awarded the Ernst & Young, Entrepreneur of the Year Award. As a Success Coach, Natoli has been featured in ''

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''. Natoli is the author of ''True Vision 4 Success,'' a book that focuses on what Natoli has done to achieve professional and personal success through thinking.

Guinness World Records

Natoli has broken twelve

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strongman records, including three in a nine-month period. Natoli broke the record for "most weight arm-curled in one hour," in May 2011, he lifted a total of 60,019 pounds. In October, 2011, he broke the world record for "most weight lifted by front dumbbell raises in one hour." He lifted 39,720 pounds, totaling 1,986 repetitions. In 2012, on

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, he broke the world record for "most weight lifted by barbell rows in one hour," by lifting a 40-pound barbell for one hour a total of 1,360 times for an aggregate total of 51,640 pounds. He broke the previous record by 10,887.5 pounds, as held by Eamonn Keane. On April 4, 2013 he consecutively broke two

. The first, "Most Step-ups in One Minute with a 40-lb Pack" (52), then "Most Step-ups in One Minute with a 60-lb Pack" (47), breaking both

previously held by

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from the

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. On March 22, 2014, he consecutively broke three world records. The first, "Most Step-ups in One Minute with an 80-lb Pack" (41), followed by, "Most Step-ups in One Minute with a 100-lb Pack" (38), breaking both

previously held by

from the

, ending with, "Most Weight Lifted by Dumbbell Rows in One Minute (Using One Arm)," lifting an aggregate total of 4,356 pounds, breaking the previous record of 3,125.5 pounds, as held by Eamonn Keane. He uses these events to raise money for charities in the

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region. On October 14, 2017 Bob Natoli received his 12th Guinness Record by completing 48 squats while carrying a 60lb pack, besting the record previously held by Silvio Sabba of Ital

On December 15, 2022 Bob Natoli received his 13th Guinness Record for "most weight lifted by dumbbell curls in one hour". Bob set a brand new record and curled 35, 547 pounds.

Bibliography

*Natoli, Robert. ''True Vision for 4 Success.'' Oswego: Bob Natoli Achievement Systems, Inc. (2011).

References

External links

Official website
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