Daniel Lambert (1770-1809) was an Englishman who gained notoriety for his large size at the time. Despite his weight, maintained an active lifestyle which included long walks (once up to 7 miles), swimming, animal sporting, and once fighting off a bear
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“The walking etc seems to be when he was 200kg. He got a lot heavier.
‘Lambert claimed that he was able to walk about a quarter of a mile (400 m) without difficulty.’
Not quite 7 miles any more.”
“When Daniel Lambert goes camping, the bears have to hide their food”
“Something tells me Mr Lambert was full of shit.”