08/07/2026
๐๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ด๐ฏ, ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ'๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป.
Years later, in his fifties, he set a Guinness World Record.
A year in casts. Six months in a wheelchair. He had to learn to walk again. Doctors set the limit โ Liam refused to sign it.
He went back to the gym on crutches. Later came a hip replacement, then a full knee replacement, then years of quiet work no one was watching. On 5 February 2022 in Limerick, he pulled 285kg off the floor โ a Guinness World Record, decades after he had been written off.
This week Guinness World Records shared his next chapter: Liam has written his memoir, Unbroken. His comeback, in his own words. As he puts it, disability doesn't mean inability.
The strength was always his. I was proud to play a small part on the mental side โ the mindset work and hypnosis, helping him stay calm when the bar felt heaviest. The training is rarely the problem. Under real pressure the body is ready long before the head is, and Liam learned to quiet the 95% that trying harder can't reach.
Read Liam's full story here: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2026/7/powerlifter-who-fought-back-from-disability-pens-inspiring-memoir-about-record-journey
Congratulations, Liam. Long overdue.