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Bodybuilding for the Beginner - Bob Gajda (1967)
As told to Bill StarrStrength & Health October 1967This is the first in a series especially for beginners. In future issues each exercise listed in the beginner’s program will be analyzed and...
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Here's a couple really good Youtube videos I stumbled across lately:Look at that casual 285lbs muscle clean and press from Hepburn!
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RIP Andrew "Bud" Charniga
I was sad to see that Bud Charniga passed away this last weekend (1/24/25.) Bud was pretty well-known from Louie Simmons, and providing the translated Russian texts that laid the foundation for what...
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Squatting for the Olympic Lifter - Tommy Suggs (1970)
Strength & Health October 1970The gym was a beehive of activity as quite a few members of the local high school football team were doing a bomb-blitz-type program in order to be ready for the...
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True Training Principles for the Body Builder - George Jowett (1944)
Sig Klein, Frank Leight, Santo LeoneUndoubtedly the prominent factor in body building is an intelligent understanding and practice of the true training principles that are correctly proven to be in...
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Training for That 500-lb Bench Press - Charles Smith
Almost overnight, the name of Doug Hepburn sprang to world fame through his pressing feats. But even more amazing are his bench presses which have risen to the amazing poundage of 460. He hopes to make...
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Up and Down the Rack - Bradley Steiner
Often readers ask about "advanced" training methods. "What do the 'champs' do in order to develop such-and-such?" I'm often asked how the "stars" work out in order to build their truly outstanding...
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Training for Definition - Alan Stephan
It has always been my opinion that the term "definition" is used rather loosely. Fellows use "definition" like they use the words "holy mackerel," frequently with little idea of what they mean. I get...
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Use the Chinning Bar for Back Development - Barton Horvath (1951)
Marvin Eder tells Barton Horvath How to Use the Chinning Bar for Amazing Back Development "Come on, fellow . . . let's have a chinning contest. The guy who does the least chins is a monkey's uncle!"...
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Freestyle Arm Training - Dave Draper
From this issuePaul Graham, Dave Draper,many others as well. Nothing seems to excite a bodybuilder as much as the prospect of growing a larger pair of arms. And everywhere I've gone to give posing...
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The Last Two Reps Are the Easiest - Abe Goldberg (1953)
"WH-A-A-AT did the man say? The LAST two reps are the EASIEST? Nay, nay sir! Alas, poor Goldberg, he fought those swingin' doors till the last! Has the poor boy dreamed up some new crazy exercise...
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Training System of the Japanese Lifters - Kenji Onuma (1968)
Strength & Health November 1968 They didn't mention this as part of their training, but the forearm muscles on the author have to be huge. 3500 words to just say hard work - sheesh. Still a nice...
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Behind the Cuban Curtain - Tommy Kono (1967)
Strength & Health February 1967In 1958, Cuba had but 80 active weightlifters. Today they have 13,000 registered active weightlifters with a growing enrollment all the time. This is a tremendous...
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Summer Training - Bill Starr (1969)
Strength & Health October 1969Last evening while I was deeply engrossed in Valentine Michael Smith and his exploit’s in Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land, the telephone interrupted my journey....
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Five, Four, Three, Two, One - Done! - Jim Schmitz (2000)
MILO March 2000As I stated in my previous MILO article, “Power Training for the +35-year-old Strength Athlete,” most of us can’t train like Bulgarians or even young weightlifters in their prime. I...
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Report on Trip to Bulgaria - Philippe Hedrich (1975)
International Olympic Lifter October 1975*Full disclosure: I know they kept spelling Ivan Abadjiev's name wrong throughout the entire article - not sure if it was a French to English thing or what,...
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Early S & H Letter by Bruce Page (date undetermined), and More on the Rader...
Bruce Page of Toronto, Canada is an example of the fact that a small-boned individual can acquire an impressive physique through body-building. He is an active member of Bavington's gym in Toronto....
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Behind the Scenes - Harry Paschall (1956)
Strength & Health March 1956Weight-lifters have more fun than anybody. Why? Because they have a purpose in life. They know what they want. Most people have no idea whatever why they are alive,...
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Massive Arms and Shoulders, the Fast Way - Roger Eells (1945)
Did it ever occur to you that an injured muscle could be a blessing in disguise? Most people look on illness and injury as a major catastrophe, but in my case I have found that in every instance of...
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How Heavy is "Heavy?" - Bradley Steiner
10.5%, 500 ml bottles.2023. 123 minutes. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13652142/?ref_=mv_closeTrain heavy. I say it all the time. So do a hundred other bodybuilding and lifting teachers, and often we...
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A Bulk-Building Approach - Dave Draper
In this article, Dave Draper tells you his personal experiences with bulking and over-bulking . . . the errors he made that almost ruined his development, the same errors you must guard against. He...
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Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle -- Michael Andor Brodeur...
2024, 251 pages. "There is not the slightest evidence of sham about him. On the contrary, he is just what he pretends to be." - New York World, 1893office
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On Writing and Lifting - Michael Andor Brodeur (2024)
Despite how unrelated writing and lifting may seem on the surface, the two have long felt to me like alternate ways of performing the same exercise, making something out of nothing. The things that...
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York Training Secrets - Tommy Suggs/Gord Venables (1965)
The last time Tommy Kono trained in York, I made it a point to corner him at every opportunity to get some "secrets" out of his storehouse of York weightlifting knowledge. Tommy finally got tired of...
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Back Developing Course - Harry Good (1945)
The Author, Harry GoodBuilding a shapely, strong and powerful back is of utmost importance to the weightlifter and strength athlete. This is especially true of the small of the back; if weak in...
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