Per from Sweden asks… “I hope this e-mail finds you in good health. Recently, I bought your old strength course of the Saxon´s brothers. It´s a great course and I´m very grateful that you have recording the videos of the lifts they did. Since I have no one to ask …
10 Reasons to Learn from Oldtime Strongmen
I came up with a list of why it may be good for you to read some of the works of the oldtime strongmen from a century or so ago. Here are ten reasons. Some of their feats of strength have not been surpassed to this day. That is quite …
Strength is a Skill and Deliberate Practice
I just recently read Talent is Overrated, and this is led to me thinking more about this statement that I first heard from Pavel that “Strength is a Skill.” For this article I wanted to dive deep into this subject so that you’re able to improve your results in your …
Old Time Strongman Diet
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 …
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 …
Muscle Control by Maxick
Muscle Control by Maxick is one of the most classic books of the oldtime strongmen. There are many other great books on the art of muscle control, but none are as popular as this one. It’s probably because the book is quite simple and the exercises are easy to follow. …
Feats of Strength Festivus
There may be more interest in feats of strength from Festivus then from the actual feats of strength performed by oldtime strongmen. In case you have no idea what I’m talking about, this was a fake holiday invented in the sitcom Seinfeld. Feats of Strength Festivus There are a number …
Arthur Saxon Bent Press
Since studying Arthur Saxon I’ve been doing a number of the exercises he outlines in The Development of Physical Power and Text Book of Weight Lifting. One of them is the bent press done Arthur Saxon style. Considering he put up more weight then anyone else in the bent press …
Study and Grow Strong?
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, …
8 Reasons to do Feats of Strength
As you well know I’ve just released my newest project, which is a joint DVD course, with Bud Jeffries. Feats of Strength: How to Train and Perform Like an Oldtime Strongman. (Right now you can get it for a cheap price, but this is only for a couple more days.) …
Feats of Strength is Live
At long last its here. A collaborative project with Bud Jeffries. Feats of Strength: How to Train and Perform Like an Oldtime Strongman This is the most complete instruction on feats of strength, training for them, and performing shows that is available. And we’ve got a special deal for you …
Power of Feats of Strength
If you want to be strong then there is nothing quite like feats of strength. To your average person, they don’t understand the strength required lift a heavy weight. But you tear a phonebook in half in front of them and they go WOW! (Even though tearing a phonebook is …
I’m Going to Start Taking Steroids
Not really. But after last night I’d be lying if I said I didn’t consider it. You see, last night I finally watched the documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster which is all about steroids. I’d heard about it for sometime but I didn’t get around to watching it until now. If …