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Thomas Inch

March 27, 2013 in Strongman Mastery

Thomas Inch had a promising future even in his teenage years, since he won the “Britain’s Strongest Youth” title at 16, followed by “Britain’s Strongest Man” in 1910. Perhaps he was most famous for lifting a dumbbell that weights 172 pounds with one hand, with particularly thick handle ( 2 3/8 inches). No one else could repeat [...]

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Grip exercise by Edward Aston

Edward Aston

February 4, 2013 in Strongman Mastery

Edward Aston is yet another oldtime strongman who retired undefeated, after he won the Britain’s Strongest Man title in 1911. He actually defeated Thomas Inch in a challenge match and kept his record for the next 23 years! Aston’s grip strength was out of this world, as he managed to lift 496 lbs on a [...]

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Old Time Strongman Diet

July 3, 2012 in Health-Mastery, Strongman Mastery

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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January’s Book Club Article

January 12, 2012 in Strongman Mastery

Just finished putting up the new article on January’s Physical Culture Book Club selection. This is for Thomas Inch On Strength.

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Study and Grow Strong?

January 3, 2012 in Strongman Mastery

Did you know that the more you study a sport (in our case weightlifting and exercise) the better you’ll be? According to Dr. Judd Biasiotta in his book 2001 A Sports Odyssey: “Research in the field of psychomotor development consistently revealed that the more information afforded an athlete about physiological, psychological and mechanical demands of [...]

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Book Club: Thomas Inch on Strength

January 2, 2012 in Strongman Mastery

Introducing the new Physical Culture Book Club. As a subscriber on Legendary Strength you can join for free. For the month of January we’ll be reading Thomas Inch on Strength. Or want to get all 12 books for this year in one package right now? You can get additional savings and extra bonuses too. Read [...]

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