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Arthur Saxon

Arthur Saxon is best known for his bent press when he set a world record of 370 lbs, but that’s only a small part of his legacy. In the picture below, The Iron-master Arthur Saxon shows the most critical point of the one-hand press lift, as elbow leaves the side and travels round to the [...]

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Textbook of Weightlifting by Arthur Saxon

This video gives a short overview of the Textbook of Weightlifting by Arthur Saxon. You can get this book at Amazon here. This was Saxon’s sequel to his first book, The Development of Physical Power, in which he gives more details on weight lifting advice.

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Development of Physical Power by Arthur Saxon

This video gives a short overview of what you’ll find in The Development of Physical Power by Arthur Saxon. Get this book from Amazon here. This book by Saxon is short but jam packed with strength building tips and exercises. Well worth reading.

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Old Time Strongman Diet

This article discusses the old time strongman diet. Of course every old time strongman ate differently so we’ll just be looking at a few different examples. The truth is like the greatest strongmen today you’ll find lots of differences, so if you’re looking for the magical diet you need to gain their strength, you’re out [...]

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Arthur Saxon Bent Press

Since studying Arthur Saxon I’ve been doing a number of the exercises he outlines in The Development of Physical Power and Text Book of Weight Lifting. One of them is the bent press done Arthur Saxon style. Considering he put up more weight then anyone else in the bent press I think it’s a good [...]

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Saxon’s Strength

Can you even comprehend it? 370 lbs. overhead with one hand!. It boggles the mind. Just pick that weight up off the ground (if you can!) and feel how heavy that is. Just try to shoulder the weight into place. Much harder than you might think. Since diving into the Saxon material I’ve been doing [...]

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I’m Going to Start Taking Steroids

Not really. But after last night I’d be lying if I said I didn’t consider it. You see, last night I finally watched the documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster which is all about steroids. I’d heard about it for sometime but I didn’t get around to watching it until now. If you haven’t seen it here [...]

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