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John Grun with his son in 1904

John Grun Marx

May 22, 2013 in Strongman Mastery

John Grun, better known by his stage name Herkub Grun, was born in Luxembourg in 1868. Even though he was born into a family of blacksmiths, he decided to emigrate to the United States at the age of 21. It was there that John came across a professional strongman Aloysius Marx, who saw him moving beer barrels [...]

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Pierre Gasnier posing in front of a primitive barbell

Pierre Gasnier

April 6, 2013 in Strongman Mastery

Pierre Gasnier was a famous french strongman and a member of Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1890′s, who use to perform various feats of strength, some of which were quite unusual. Aside from regular feats of strength like tearing a deck of cards in half, Pierre used to break chains around his chest while expanding [...]

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Podcast: Strongman Journey

December 17, 2012 in Podcasts, Strongman Mastery

In this podcast I detail my strongman journey. Here are a few of the details you’ll find inside:

Legendary Strength Podcast - Ep10 - Strongman Journey [ 31:45 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
The difference between Modern Strongman and Old, or Competitive versus Performance based The 6 Staple Feats of Strength as taught by Dennis Rogers The Mighty Atom, Slim the Hammerman and how all roads lead to Dennis [...]

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Different Difficulties

May 3, 2011 in Strongman Mastery

There’s just nothing quite like destroying perfectly good items in your own two hands. It’s a lot of fun, builds tremendous power, and can impress others. Today, I want to take you a little deeper into the world of oldtime strongmen. Did you know that one item is not equal to another even though they [...]

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Feats of Strength Updates

March 15, 2010 in Strongman Mastery

When I revamped this site I re-discovered my Feats of Strength Indexand realized I hadn’t updated it in a long time. Well that’s about to change. I’ve added text, images and videos to the following posts. Scrolling Frying Pan Rolling Grippers and Crushing Strength Card Tearing I’ve also added a new feat, Neck Strength. Go [...]

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Destructive Training Habits

September 27, 2007 in Strongman Mastery

No I’m not talking about spending 4 hours in the gym that wear you down instead of building you up. That kind of stuff will be talked about some other time. What I am talking about is a certain kind of strength training. The kind that leaves behind a pile of destroyed, mangled, ripped and [...]

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