Earle E. Liederman started his strongman career in 1910 after quitting his job to become a professional athlete. In next eight years, Liederman toured the circuit showing skill and talent in lifting, feats of strength, acrobatics and similar disciplines. Eventually he got tired of that lifestyle and decided to do …
Don Athaldo
One of the most famous Australian strongmen was Walter Joseph Lyons, better known as Don Athaldo. He used to perform as a circus strongman, but his mail-order offering “The Athaldin System” was the one that bought him real fame. As a circus strongman, Don Athaldo was involved in a variety …
Max Unger
Max Unger, better known by his stage name Lionel Strongfort, started his career way back in 1897 when he was most popular for the Human Bridge Act. About fifteen years later, following the end of his stage career, he successfully launched a mail order course called “Strongfortism” which has been …
Antone Matysek
Antone Matysek is best known for his feat of strength where he lifted a custom made bicycle with three riders using a single hand, as shown in the picture below. He started his teaching career very early, at the age of 18 and won the “Strongest Man in America” at the age of …
Martin Farmer Burns
Martin Farmer Burns was an American world champion in wrestling with more than six thousand matches of which he lost only 7, regularly winning against opponents who outweighed him by 50 or more pounds. He also managed to earn the American Heavyweight Champion and the World Light Heavyweight Champion titles. Feats of …
Maurice Deriaz
Maurice Deriaz was a famous Swiss strongman and a wrestler. Apart from various feats of strength he used to perform, Deriaz also won a wrestling tournament once where he beat 44 opponents. In the picture below, we can see Deriaz showing one arm clean and jerk using 228 pounds weight. …
Milo Barus
Milo Barus was a German strongman most famous for numerous feats of strength, including but not limited to: Wrestling bulls to the ground Phonebook tearing Car pulling with teeth Horse lifting Steel bending Nail driving and much more He won the “Strongest Man in the World” title as well as …
Paul Anderson
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 …
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 …
Bending Steel Documentary
I came across this video and it game me goosebumps. I’m super excited to see the movie about the art of strongman. I met Chris Rider quite some time ago when I first flew out to Houston to train with Dennis Rogers. Then recently when I put on a workshop …
Podcast: Strongman Journey
In this podcast I detail my strongman journey. Here are a few of the details you’ll find inside: [display_podcast] 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 …
Flaming Kettlebell Juggling
Yes it’s finally here…Flaming Kettlebell Juggling. This idea first came to be after interaction with Johnny Domino at the Become an Oldtime Strongman Workshop with Dennis Roger last year. Johnny is an interesting fellow, performing in a burlesque show as a strongman. He was telling us about a certain “incident” …
Can Bursting Feat of Strength
It’s been a long time since I’ve added a feat of strength to the index. Overall I have to say it’s quite complete. But I was watching a video of Chris Rider bursting a can and I realized this feat of strength was not included there. Can Bursting If you …
Rolling a Frying Pan with Bare Hands
I was browsing flea markets and yard sales the other day and I came across this frying pan. I thought why not? I had never done the feat of strength where you roll up a frying pan with your bare hands before, simply because I never had gotten a pan …
Valentin Dikul
Valentin Dikul is, in my opinion, one of the greatest athletes ever to grace the earth. Here is a short biography from one of the following videos: A circus acrobat, Valentin took a bad fall and broke his back when he was seventeen. Dikul said no to the wheel-chair and …