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[15:40] A rare film of early female bodybuilder Lynn Conkwright posing and training (no sound)....keep reading

Your success in physical training depends a great deal on what you eat. Many people have contacted us about our favorite recipes and here's one is convenient, tasty and packed with protein. Best of all, even a caveman like me can make it without burning down the kitchen....keep reading

[188 pages] Here's a rare strength book that has flown under the radar for decades. It is filled with a treasure trove of practical training advice including how to train with barbells and dumbbells, expanders, how to make your own equipment, outdoor obstacle courses, and more!...keep reading

"...One of the "keys" to serious training is "getting the most out of everything you do"… "Focus" is the watch-word here… make every rep and every part of every rep "count"… (most people when they train are really just screwing around…go to a gym and just watch what's really going on…). Once in a while I'd train with Arthur Jones… just being in the room with him then was a scary deal… with apologies to that guy who plays for the Seahawks, Arthur in that context was serious to the point of being beyond "beast-mode"…

A topic that we really find fascinating is the traditional strength contests from different cultures. Some of these sports and contests are well known but many are not, and we bet here is one from the land down under that you never heard of before......keep reading

[84 pages] COVER: Al Beckles, Mr. World

* EDITORIAL by Peary Rader

* RON HUTCHINSON by George Coates

* FOOD FACTS FOR THE WEIGHT MAN by Normal Zale

* PROPER TRAINING by Ken Leistner

* POWERLIFTING RECORDS AND RATINGS by David P. Willoughby

* THOMPSON WINS JR. MR. AMERICA by Bruce Klemens

* HOW MANY SETS, REPS? by Bob Green

* DYNAMIC FOUR-STAR PLAN by Bradley J. Steiner

* DEVELOPMENT OF DEEP, POWERFUL CHEST by Achilles Kallos

* HINTS FROM VINCE by Vince Gironda

* STRONGMAN STUNTS by Curt Haywood

* A FAST GAIN METHOD by Mike Brown

* WT. GAIN AND MUSCLE BUILDING DRINK

* ELIMINATE THE SNATCH? YES! by Philip J. Rasch

* USSR CHAMPIONSHIPS by Everill Taggart

* GRUNT AND GROAN - NEWS ITEMS OF THE LIFTING GAME

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[32 pages] 'Modern Weight-Lifting and How to Gain Strength was written in 1912 by T.E. Pevier, Amateur Heavyweight Lifting Champion of the World from 1901 to 1911. This interesting booklet contains details of his career and discussions of athletes whom he had met or seen. Copies of this course are incredibly rare, only a handful are even known to exist anywhere in the world....keep reading

[4 pages] "What is the secret of great forearm size and power? Why does one person possess the massive forearms of a champion while another displays the puny, un-muscled forearm of an undeveloped weakling? Why is is that the full display of maximum masculine ruggedness and power lies in a grip of steel, a wrist deeply muscles with sinew and tendon, a full, well-formed forearm, etched clearly with strands of mobile fibre, leaping into impressive form with each flick of the wrist or standing out in bold relieve when under the strain of strong arm stunts and tasks?"...keep reading

[126 Pages] "This book is devoted primarily to gaining strength and size through isotonic training. This may sound simple enough, but I mention primarily because some body building principles will be incorporated for the ultimate purpose of gaining strength in the long run. The probability of size is mentioned because of variables like individual body metabolism, food intake, life style, age, goals and even attitude. Isotonic training is mentioned because of the multitude of confusing devices placed on the commercial market-devices such as mini gyms, Nautilus, Universals, isometric, and various spring and rubber contracting and expanding equipment..."

Boldybuilders of the Golden Age employed many different kinds of exercises to build muscle mass as well as separation.

Here's a nifty article from the January, 1959 issue of Mr. America Magazine which covers the rope climbing techniques like the used to use at the original Muscle Beach....keep reading

[14 pages] Another interesting training course that everyone saw ads for but no one actually sent away for... this is an EXTREME program, and not for the faint of heart but if followed correctly, will lead to big gains in a very short time....keep reading

"With all that has been written on the correct manner of performing breathing squats one would naturally think there could not be one last person who would but understand exactly how to perform this movement.

The title of this article covers the situation entirely except for the word BUT. The squat is foolproof, and especially is this true of the breathing squat (and here's that word again) but for the fact that too many readers skip the details when reading the instructions on its performance."...keep reading

[8 pages] Welcome to the first -- and only -- newsletter devoted specifically to isometric training. It would be an understatement to say that the year 2020 brought forth many surprises, and for me, one of those surprises was a deeper dive into isometrics.

I had been reading about isometric training for years but paid it little mind. I had always read (and believed) that isometrics, though perhaps useful at times or in some situations, were little more than a passing novelty in it's heyday, and more conventional- methods of training were easily more superior.

But as fate would have it, in the first few months of 2020, just after the pandemic lockdown hit, I decided it would be useful to reproduce Bob Hoffman's Functional Isometric Contraction- book for the Iron League.

...I soon realized that there were many things I had missed on isometrics--or never took the time to understand in the first place....keep reading

[48 Minutes] You are going to see incredible footage of some tremendous exercises for training the abdominals and "core," demonstrated by Brooks Kubik in his "Dinosaur Dungeon" gym....keep reading

[16 pages] The INCREDIBLY rare "Hands of Steel" course....keep reading

[20 pages]"I can remember the first time I saw a strongman act. As a matter of fact, I have every detail of that act embedded in my head. For me, his performance was a memorable event; which led to my interest in the performing of feats of strength.

The curtains parted (as I remember) and revealed a sinuous strongman standing in the middle of the stage. His hands held an iron bar which he placed between his teeth and dramatically began to bend it. As the bar gave was, I would see the heavy muscled forearms swelling, the deltoids contracting and the biceps bulging....keep reading

[6 pages] One of Arthur Jones' very first published articles which contains some VERY interesting information on grip and forearm development...keep reading

Cover Man: Maurice Jones "The Canadian Hercules"

* EDITORIAL by Peary Rader

* THE MAN ON THE COVER by Lester M. White

* NATURAL LIFTING by J.C. Hise

* THE VALUE OF PERFECT PERFORMANCE by Peary Rader

* NATURAL LIFTING by Chester Teegarden

* MUSCLE CONTROL: PART 1: THE BICEPS by Charles Smith

* LIFTING NEWS

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What follows is a letter from the famous bartender, grip man, arm-wrestler, and strongman, Mac Batchelor. It was written to the great physical culturist, George F. Jowett, showing a small piece of the ongoing correspondence between the two....keep reading

[32 pages] The Nautilus Machines took the strength world by storm in the 1970's.

This insert famously appeared in July, 1973 issue of Iron Man Magazine (with Lou Ferrigno on the cover.)...keep reading