David Blazer

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David Jacob Blazer was a sailor and strongman born in 1886. He was most popular between 1914-1918 as a strongman performer, but David also for appeared in numerous ads for the Maxalding course as Seaman Blazer. Furthermore, David Balzer was featured in “History of the Iron Game” by a well-known …

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Max Sick

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Max Sick was a strongman and gymnast from Austria born in 1882, most famous for developing the Maxalding system with Monte Saldo. But he did much more than that. Early Life Born to Swiss parents, Maxick developed rickets and dropsy along with lung problems at a very young age. This …

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Monte Saldo

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Monte Saldo was a bodybuilder, stage performer and an author born in 1879 in London. Saldo showed interests in bodybuilding and strength training as a teenager. With a help of his uncle, who was a well-known and respected police inspector, Saldo became an apprentice to Eugene Sandow in 1897, at …

David Macklin

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David Macklin of Scotland showing the sensational scapula abduction which won him the silver award in April from Maxalding. You gotta wonder what did the guy that won gold do, because that is the most unbelievable scapula control I’ve ever seen. This is one exercise in muscle control that takes …

Book Club: Maxalding by Monte Saldo

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Introducing the Physical Culture Book Club. As a subscriber on Legendary Strength you can join for free. For the month of February we’ll be reading Maxalding by Monte Saldo. Or want to get all 12 books for this year in one package right now? You can get additional savings and …