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[24 pages] "...There isn't anything "mysterious" or overtly complicated about building muscle. Follow the workouts I have outlined 2-3 time a week, and you'll build a big, proportional, well-shaped body faster than you ever thought possible. And you'll do it without drugs, without marathon workouts, and without massive dosages of food supplements.... let me urge you to regard bodybuilding for what it is--a healthy and enjoyable activity. you won't have to be a top competitor to realize the greatest benefits from this fine sport -- better health, better appearance, better fitness and greater endurance. And most of all, you can enjoy the feeling of a regular program of sensible training..."...keep reading

[4 pages] ...The numerous wrist and finger machines now on the market cannot compare in any way to the exercises shown here as a means of strengthening the wrist, fingers and forearms....keep reading

[38 pages] Here's an interesting course that also happened to be advertised in the back of IRON MAN magazine:

"CORRECT BALANCE is the most important fundamental in Ju Jitsu. Plate 1 illustrates 100-lb. girl throwing a man weighing 200-lbs. this does not take muscle --it takes technique.

Regardless of your weight or level of strength, you can easily balance a 200-lb. man on your buttock seat.

If you do it right you will hardly realize he is even resting on you. Balance conquers weight. Always remember this concept because it is very important."...keep reading

"The Bone Strength Project" continues to provide a great deal of amazing information and topics for discussion -- it has been "connecting some dots" which have not, until now, been obvious. Case in point: here's an article from several years ago highlighting current research on the connection between bones and testosterone, insulin and other processes involved with strength and muscle development....keep reading

[56 pages] The May 7, 1959 issue of Health and Strength which features articles on Health Culture, Bodybuilding, Weightlifting, Wrestling & Judo, Hand-Balancing and much more!...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

[32 pages] Here's an obscure training magazine from over across the pond -- POWER was the official journal of the Bullworker Club and featured articles on Weightlifting, Bodybuilding, Wrestling, Boxing, Karate, Judo and overall health topics.

POWER was edited by Darth Vader himself, David Prowse. This issues features Frank Zane on the cover....keep reading

[16 pages] Alan Calvert kickstarted weightlifting in the United States when he established the Milo Bar Bell Company in the early 20th century. Calvert provided equipment but also -- and just as important -- the training literature to go with it in order to educate the public on the proper methods to build strength, and the results thereof. "General Strength" was Calvert's very first publication and shows the (still very impressive) results of training under the Milo system....keep reading

The Age Group Clean and Jerk Program is an effort by the Amateur Athletic Union of the U. S. to present a simplified version of the sport of Weightlifting which will appeal especially to coaches of high schools and colleges, as well as to their students. It has been simplified in order to make it easy to organize and produce frequent weightlifting contests in high schools and colleges as a competitive school sport.

It has been observed that although most colleges and many high schools do now have some weightlifting activity, it is still very limited and usually stimulated by the intense enthusiasm of a few students and some coaches who wish such competition. It has been found that such contests on the three Olympic lifts or even the three Power Lifts, involve requirements in equipment and personnel and a great knowledge of rules and regulations which causes many coaches to back away from a very interesting and valuable sport....keep reading

[4 minutes] The most famous "challenge" weight in the Iron Game is Thomas Inch's "Unliftable" dumbbell (which currently sits in my living room back in Cincinnati). Check out this rare clip of The Inch Dumbbell and a former owner David Prowse (aka Darth Vader) in action in the late 1960's....keep reading

[27 minutes] Dennis Rogers takes you through several exercises that he uses to build his steel-bending strength....keep reading

Dan Gable has always been one of my heroes and to me is one of the "patron saints" of the kind of dedication and effort which is critical to success. Here's a great article from a few years back....keep reading

[20 pages] "Early attempts to build an airplane failed because the builders did not understand the basic requirements of flight...today, many forms of exercise fail for much the same reason' because the designers of the equipment do not understand the basic requirements for productive exercise.

If an airplane fails to fly, its failure is immediately obvious....and the market for such an attempt at flight is zero, so our airports are not cluttered with thousands of unsuccessful airplanes, failures. ...keep reading

[10:04] 1958 Sr. National Weightlifting and Muscle Beach Film...keep reading

[48 minutes] Dinosaur Pullups!...keep reading

It seems we're entering "un-certain times". Just reading the newspaper every morning (and I read four of them) can scare the hell out of you. It's easy to get shook-up and stressed-out. But in times like these it's very important to "hold the line." Nobody knows what's coming next(and everyone is concerned) ... and nobody knows what kind of decisions will be forced upon any of us. But what IS known is that when times are tough it's time to get your "stuff" together. It's time to "get your ducks in a row." It's time to get lean...to tighten up. It's time to get ready....keep reading

[26 minutes, 53 seconds] A rare look how they used to train for the shotput deep behind the Iron Curtain -- this video is of particular interest since the latter half is specifically devoted to many interesting weight room exercises for throwers. Kettlebell exercises are extensively utilized....keep reading

[21:23] Hans Reuter was a famous professor of physical education at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse from 1920 through 1956. In this rare video from 1968, Reuter demonstrated some of his Indian Club prowess....keep reading

STRENGTH Magazine, originally published as a house organ for the Milo Barbell Company by Alan Calvert is one of the very first publications devoted to physical training. Mr. Calvert did not disappoint, these magazines contained a wealth of training knowledge.

This issue, for example, the January, 1916 edition, had articles on the importance of all around training by Alan Calvert himself, information on The One Arm Press, a rare look into the Milo showroom and a feature on Henry Sincosky -- all in all, a strength fan's dream....keep reading

Nature herself has demonstrated at every turn the value of resistance in the development of strength and endurance, power and energy... In these bells, the ernest seeker of health and efficiency will find his fullest needs supplied. With thieir use, his daily exercise becomes a pleasure as well as a certain means of attaining and maintaining that clarity of activities which lead to happiness and success... ...keep reading