Paul Anderson was not only an Olympic gold medalist, but he won the National Champion in Olympic weightlifting twice and is considered to be one of the strongest men in history. He is also well-known for many feats of strength, such as 6,270 lb Backlift which is thought to be …
J.C. Tolson
Famous Yorkshire strongman J.C. Tolson took his stage name (The Mighty Young Apollon) from his own idol, Louis Uni – Apollon the Mighty, who was most famous for his grip strength. The Mighty Young Apollon had a great grip strength himself, as he managed to lift a 65 lbs lead …
Rotating Deadlift
Learn how to do the rotating deadlift in this video. This move is also known as the hockey deadlift. This is a great way to train and strengthen your spine in movements that it is generally weak in. Some “spine experts” say you should never bend and rotate the spine …
Harry L. Good
Harry L. Good started training in 1924 and by 1930 he had turned professional. Only a couple of years later, in 1934, he won the World’s Strongest Professional Strongman title. Harry worked for Bob Hoffman for some time, but he decided to open his own barbell company afterwards and kept it running …
Podcast: On Steve Justa
This podcast starts off with a humorous training story on a cruise gym with some lessons learned from there. After that I talk about Steve Justa. Specifically I read a few quotes from his newest book and discuss them in finer detail. [display_podcast] The Hardest and Toughest Lift in the …
Strong Tendons, Ligaments and Bones
Are you looking to build strong tendons, ligaments and bones? This video and article will show you what this means and more importantly how to do it. Make sure to avoid a big mistake that many bodybuilders (and the people who follow their training info) commonly do, and how this …
As Featured in Men’s Health
The other day I got an email from an editor of Men’s Health magazine with some questions regarding the Jefferson lift as discussed in my article here. I gladly answered her questions and didn’t think to much else of it. And then a couple months later here it is, in …
Joe Bonomo
Joe Bonomo is most famous for his stunt performance, but he played a big part in strongman world as well. He won the “Mr Modern Apollo” contest in 1921 and wrote the Building Body Power book where he covered everything from muscle anatomy, breathing exercises, bodyweight exercises to nutrition (including food analysis chart), …
Interview by Travis Steotzel
My friend introduced me to Travis Steotzel and I’m glad he did. This guy is STRONG! Travis invited me over for an interview which you can watch here. There’s cool stuff about biofeedback training, kettlebells, bodyweight, and a workout at the end. I also wrote a guest article all about …
Edward Aston
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 …
W.A. Pullum
With over two hundred records behind him, William A. Pullum remains undefeated as a competitive weightlifter in his time. He is also well-known for the Two Hands Anyhow Lift of 204 pounds. Below we can see examples of some uncommon exercises from his books. William Pullum wrote two great books …
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 …
Freddy Ortiz
Freddy Ortiz had one of the best upper bodies of his time, without fancy cardio machines & “necessary” bodybuilding supplements which are widely used in the 21st century. He claims he always had the same workout plan and he never changed it throughout all those years, with training frequency of …
John Grimek
John Grimek was born in 1910 in New Jersey, where he started training with his older brother George, who was already well developed and bigger than John. However, his brother wasn’t as interested in competitions as John was and in 1934 John took a heavy weight contest in New Jersey, …
Ed Jubinville
Ed Jubinville performing what is known as The Human Flag. Apart from being incredibly strong, you need to do some practice in order to perform this jaw-dropping move. Ed did it with ease though! Click here to watch a video & learn more about the human flag.