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Paby Salas
The Cricifix Lift is a great Oldtime lift and a tremendous test of shoulder strength. Here Paby Salas of Monterrey, Mexico performs what he claims was a world record at the time: 55-1/4 pounds in the...
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Selig "Ajax" Whitman
Selig Whitman is another perfect example of an individual who is small of stature but extra large in strength. Whitman stood five feet 8 1/2 inches tall and weighed but 162 pounds... His most famous...
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Elwood Holbrook
A look at strength star Ellwood Holbrook right around the time when he placed second in the light-heavyweight class at the 1944 Sr. Nationals with a 720 lb. total. Just a few years before, Holbrook...
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Joe Ragusa
Strongman Joe Ragusa does a... actually I don't know what you call this one.. a neck lift? ... either way it looks pretty extreme. The bar is loaded to 655 pounds and it sure doesn't look very...
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George F. Jowett on Anvil Lifting
"...Talking about feats with an anvil reminds me of a particular feat that I performed impromptu which takes a great amount of confidence as well as strength. It happened at one of the times that I...
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Universal Bodybuilding Course - POWER
Another great vintage ad for the Universal Bodybuilding Course ~ The most fantastic muscle-building system known to man! The Universal Bodybuilding Course is available HEREon Kindle or also in The Iron...
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The Expander Overhead Downward Pull
John Grimek demonstrates the overhead downward pull with a set of York chest expanders. This movement is STILL one of the very best back developers and can't be done with a barbell or dumbbell. If you...
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Hercules Curls
Steve Reeves getting in a little arm work during the filming of one of his Hercules movies. Italian beauty, Sylva Koscina, looks on in amusement. She was Reeeves' co-star in both Hercules (1958) and...
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Signor Cronos
Here's the Italian strongman Signor Cronos performing a harness lift of an automobile, circa 1925. Other than clearly not skipping leg day, unfortunately we don't know anything else about him.
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1938 World Weightlifting Championships - Heavyweight Winners
A rare shot of the lineup of heavyweight winners at the 1938 World Weightlifting Championships held in Vienna (Which was then a part of Germany.) From left to right Josef Manger of Germany (410 kg....
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