This is a guest article from Diesel Crew’s Jedd Johnson. In every strength sport, there are one or two lifts or events that ALL the competitors look forward to testing themselves on and that the audience can’t wait to see. In Powerlifting, it’s the Bench Press. In Strongman, it’s the …
Wrist Flexibility Exercises
I put up a new post at Breaking Muscle on Wrist Flexibility with three exercises to help you strengthen wrists and hands. 3 Drills for Building Wrist Flexibility If you’re going to do handstands or many other gymnastic moves, then your hands and wrists can take a beating. Think about …
Focusing on Flexibility
The holidays tend to throw me off to some degree every year. This year I sort of just went with it for a number of reasons. I certainly scaled back on the amount of work I was doing, although I still managed to get a few important things done. There’s …
Looking Back at 2013 and Forward to 2014
Happy New Year! As with every new year I make sure to review the past one and set out goals for the next. If you do this, and then put plans to achieve those goals into action you will get better. Back at the beginning of 2013 I did a …
David Blazer
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 …
Top 5 Strongwomen
Even though oldtime strongmen are the ones who are most recognized for their incredible power and ability to execute extraordinary feats of strength, many strongwomen have also performed in circus shows, music halls and carnivals on a regular basis throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, showcasing their strength. They did …
How to Combine Bodyweight and Kettlebell Training
How to combine bodyweight exercises and kettlebell training? I published a big article on combining weights and bodyweight training recently, that’s been well received, but this time I’d like to focus on combining a specific form of weight lifting, kettlebells, along with bodyweight training. As I mentioned in the article …
Louis Uni
Louis Uni was a strongman born in France in 1862, most popular for his grip strength. Before he became Apollon the Mighty, Louis ran away from home when he was just 14 to perform for Caramagne circus, but a couple of policemen spotted him during a performance and brought him …
Signor Lawanda
Hugh David Evans, better known as Signor Lawanda, was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1849 to a family of slater miners. His mother died only two weeks after giving a birth and Evans was eventually force to work in the slate mines as a child laborer. Signor’s mother was quite …
How to Increase Your Vertical Jump Using Two Tools
What’s the best way to increase your vertical jump? It’s worth mentioning that I haven’t worked to increase my vertical jump specifically, but it’s something that just happened over the years. The one thing that has increased my vertical jump the most is kettlebell training, more specifically the kettlebell swing. …
John Massis
John Massis was a strongman born in 1940 in Belgium as Wilfried Morbée. He was most famous for feats of strength using his teeth to pull trains, lift cars, stop motorbikes from moving and helicopters from taking off, breaking several Guinness world records. Massis was pretty strong even as a …
What To Do If You Can’t Squat Without Pain
I received a question from one of my subscribers who simply said that he has problems doing squats, wondering what should he do. Since this is a pretty general question, the best I can do is to give a general answer. This type of problem differs from one individual to …
First Steps in Kettlebell Juggling
Check out my newest post on Breaking Muscle about Kettlebell Juggling. Find out how to get started with it, why most people avoid doing it and much more. How to Get Started with Kettlebell Juggling Kettlebell juggling is an unconventional method of training. Although kettlebells have gained in popularity over …
The Great Gama
Ghulam Muhammad, better known as The Great Gama was a wrestler and strongman born in 1880 in British India. He was most famous for long and successful wrestling career as he remained undefeated for more than 50 years, but his training methods and feats of strength he used to perform …
Curved vs Straight Handstand
Is a straight handstand really the only way to do it? Many would say yes, but I disagree and you can check out why in my latest article on Dragon Door. The Case for Curved Handstands Ask any gymnast or circus performer about doing handstands and they’re likely to tell …