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...The Iron Game has an interesting past, a past which is swiftly disappearing because much of the artifacts, books, courses, magazines, articles and the like just aren't to be found any more. The Iron League is an organization where we are preserving the muscle building secrets of the past.
Many refer to the Iron League as "The Iron Game Library of Congress" which is a very good way to put it, and it is our goal to create our own "place" ...where everyone speaks a common language... and can 'talk shop' on what works and what doesn't in the world of serious training. You'll find material from the Golden Age of Bodybuilding, Olympic Weight Lifting, Powerlifting, Gymnastics, Boxing, Wrestling, Conditioning workouts and just about any other training topic you can think of.
[64 pages] At the present you may be quite dubious about the squat style of snatching. You may ask, what is the value of the squat style in snatching; aren't most of the records held by split lifters?" Then, too, you may be wondering if you are the type that can conform to the correct position of this method of lifting.
Finally, you have undoubtedly heard at some time or another that the squat snatch is a precarious lift, and you may be doubtful if it would be safe for you to employ this style in competition where only three attempts are permitted.
These questions are very common among lifters who have been considering learning the squat snatch, as they are embodied in the minds and letters of the hundreds of students who have come to me for instruction. I will answer these questions in following pages....keep reading
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...Many of my books have been devoted entirely to the development of the different muscles in the body but this contribution is devoted entirely to the acquisition and use of strength.
When you get the muscles you naturally wish to know how to get the most out of them and how to use them in such a manner as will prove that the muscles you have are of the worthwhile variety and are of the type that does not evaporate a few hours after you have finished the exercise....keep reading
[20 pages] The Official Missouri Valley and Region VIII Powerlifting Newsletter
"A Powerful USA team garnered six first places, and a fourth to win 97 to 83 over Australia in the Aloha edition of the 1981 Women's World Champs in Honolulu, Hawaii on 11 and 12 of May. Australia's Sue Roberts and Bev Francis won the Best Lifter-Light and Best-Lifter Heavy sessions while taking their classes in hot battles.
In the 97 lb. class, the USA's 21 year old Doinna Wicker had to struggle to make weight and barely made it at the last moment. Donna fought up max efforts in the squat and bench press to get 240 and 99 and found herself training 29 year olf Hisako Yoshida of Fuchu City, Japan, former World squat record holder in this class, by 8 lbs. going into the deadlift."...keep reading
[104 pages] Here's a little-known title that you probably weren't aware of: Ideal Physical Culture by Apollo aka William Bankier aka The Scottish Hercules. Originally published in 1900, Apollo provides material on a number of useful topics including a bit of autobiographical information, his favorite developmental exercises, and rather rare for the time, a great deal of dietary information. If you want to find out how to eat like a strongman, this is will give you the straight info from the man himself. (And unsurprisingly, the advice is just as valid well over a century later.)...keep reading
[62 pages] "Weight Lifting" by Polish strongman and wrestler Wladyslaw Pytlasinski...keep reading
[7 pages] Some time ago, when I was stopping at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel at Bombay, a friend took my breath away by telling me that he proposed to take me that night to see the weirdest and most wonderful performance in the world.told me that I would see, with my own eyes, an elephant step on the stomach of a man, who would immediately get up, unhurt by the tons of dead weight concentrated on his solar plexus....keep reading
[41:07] When The Slim The Hammer Man DVD was originally available for sale a few decades ago, it also included a "bonus" video which contained some other interesting feats of strength. The Bonus disc footage is included here....keep reading
[5 pages] During an engagement of Mr. Eugen Sandow, the strong man,- in Washington, January, 1896, an attempt was made to determine the character and amount of the food he consumed. Mr. Sandow claims to be the strongest man in the world, and substantiates this claim by performing many wonderful feats of strength, one of which is the raising of a 300-pound dumbbell above his head with one hand. He is a German by birth, and is now 29 years old; is 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weighs 200 pounds. His waist measures 28 inches; his chest, 47 inches, expanded 61 inches; upper arm, contracted 19-1/2 inches; fore-arm, 16-1/2 inches; thigh, 27 inches; calf, 17-1/2 inches; and neck, 18 inches. He states that in his youth he had no phenomenal muscular development, but acquired his present muscular condition by training. This training was begun nine years ago. At the present time he does not take regular muscular exercise other than his professional work. He has the appearance of perfect health....keep reading
[1 page] I always like springing surprise workouts on the guys that all train with me. I usually try to make it something I know they will hate. They hated this one. I called it The Deadly Sevens Shoulder Attack.-...keep reading
[14 pages]"The Apollon Iron Bar Bending System of Exercise must be performed with iron bars that are too strong to bend or open. The iron bars supplied with the system are calculated to be too strong for the pupil to bend or open. It is by pulling at the resistance of the iron that great strength is developed by this method. As the pupil gets tronger, it is possible that he might open the U-Shaped bars and bend the straight bar. Should he only bend the straight bar about once inch and open the U-bar say one inch it will be alright to carry on excercising with these bars, but if he should bend or open them still further, then a stronger set of irons should be used. "...keep reading
[134 pages] Book I of George F. Jowett's incredible treatise on mind power from 1928....keep reading
[44 pages] The TRI-POWER-CONTRACTIONAL SYSTEM is based on this simple truth: Muscular gains should be expected rom each and every training session without exception, and if you follow our system, results will always be obtained! All you have to do is use this system several times a week, for a period of less than 1/2 hour and you can completely re-build your body! Right before your eyes you will see your shoulders broaden, your arms thicken, your chest bulge while you trim your waist. Within the next year, your strength will double or triple fantastic but very probable!...keep reading
[60 pages] Karl K. Klein's first book on preventing knee injuries....keep reading
[18 pages] When you go next to the Zoo or the circus, see whether you can find a lion or a tiger exercising with a dumbbell in each paw! Has your dog ever surprised you by taking a turn at the chest weights when you take him with you to the gymnasium where you take your weekly exercise? Of course he hasn't. Animals don't "exercise," even when they are caged and domesticated. Yet lion and tiger and dog' keep fitter than you do.
Lion and tiger and dog come a lot nearer to being as strong as their wild brothers than we do to matching the physique and the rude health of a savage or of our own primitive ancestors. And when you consider that fact, it's not very flatter-ing to man, is it? Man, the intellectual ruler of the world, who has made brute strength subordinate to the power of his mind? Because the best mind in the world won't function properly very long unless the body, that is the temple of the spirit, is in order....keep reading
[154 pages] There never has been such a craze as there is to-day for what are called "Natural Systems" of healing. The bias now is against drugs and operations; it is against stimulants and narcotics; it is for cheap and simple remedies and preventives. Among the various Systems put forward one must select wisely. The pity of it is that nearly every exponent of a "System," according to his own statement, knows all about the truth, whether he be the man who says you must masticate every mouthful of food so long as it has taste, or the man who says you must feed only on bread and apples, or the man who says you must use a cold plunge bath, or the man who says you must have open air and a small amount of clothing, or the man who says that these things are unnecessary if you go through a long course of dull movements daily, or the man who says that all these things are unnecessary if you practise his System of mental treatment; the general principle of mos...keep reading
SUPER STRENGTH CAN BE YOURS IN A SHORT TIME THIS EASY WAY This New System is Planned and Outlined by Peary Rader, World Famous Bodybuilding Authority and Editor and Publisher of Iron Man and Lifting News Magazines. Its value has been proven by himself and pupils.
The response to our articles in Lifting News and Iron Man has been so great that it has become impractical to answer each inquiry with a letter of advice and instruction, so we have prepared this little pamphlet which will give you the essential information for training on the new, sensational, result-producing Power System and it will show you how to build your own...keep reading
[52:25] Kim Wood speaking at a strength clinic held in Chicago in 1986. Tim Krumrie demonstrates....keep reading
[16 pages] WRESTLING is considered by many authorities to the most strenuous of American sports Championship performance requires a high level of strength, speed, agility, endurance, balance, and skill in the participants.
Since this discussion is concerned with the factor of strength in wrestling it would well to note what coaches and competitors have to say about the need for this quality and the methods used to develop it to an optimum level in wrestlers....keep reading
"In the following pages I have put down in detail the apparatus needed, the training routine, reps and sets, correct curling technique etc.
I used this identical program just prior to curling two hundred and fifty five pounds officially on November 1st, 1959. Follow this course and I guarantee that within sixty days you will exceed all your previous records made in the two hands curl."...keep reading
