This video gives a short overview of the Textbook of Weightlifting by Arthur Saxon. You can get this book at Amazon here. This was Saxon’s sequel to his first book, The Development of Physical Power, in which he gives more details on weight lifting advice.
Alexander Zass
Alexander Zass is one of my favorite oldtime strongmen (of course I like them all, but a few stand out to me.) He was known as the Amazing Samson and performed all over Russia and Europe back in his day. One of the most amazing things about him was that …
Flaming Kettlebell Juggling Trailer
The idea for this came back in December at the Oldtime Strongman Workshop with Dennis Rogers. One of the attendees and burlesque strongman, Johnny Domino, was telling a story about a flaming injury he sustained while trying a new trick (I can’t go into the full details but we were …
Performing at Rise Above
Thanks to Doug over at Rise Above Performance Training I’ve got more video from the event. In a previous post, I talked mostly about the competition. In this one, we have the performances. I often tell people the difference between modern strongman and oldtime strongman is the first is competition …
Strongman Picnic Recap
You’ve seen my performance from the Atomic Athletic Strongman Picnic. But what about everyone else? You don’t call it a strongman picnic if there isn’t all kinds of strong people present. This includes the oldtime performance based strongman as well as the modern competing type. There was Olympic lifting. There …