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Designing Your Own Training Program - John Christy
Originally Published in This Issue Back Issues Available Here: https://www.hardgainer.com/hardgainer-magazine-complete-collection/If you have been a reader of HARDgainer for a while, and have studied...
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The Valuable, Versatile EZ-Curl Bar - Bill Starr (2000)
Originally Published in the July 2000 Issue of Musclemag International Look at those puny dumbbells . . . Conclusive proof that Hepburn's methods don't work. I am of the opinion from years of...
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Odds & Ends On Grimek - Irvin Foss
June 17, 1910November 20, 1998I have followed with great interest the articles which have appeared in various magazines following the passing of my good friend, John Grimek.I worked for the York...
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Combining Bodybuilding and Olympic Lifting, Part One - Charles Coster (1953)
Originally Published in This Issue (July 1953) Rare! Thanks to LIAM TWEED.An increasing number of people are becoming interested in the possibilities of combined Olympic training and body-building...
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Combining Bodybuilding and Olympic Lifting, Part Two - Charles Coster (1953)
Originally Published in This Issue (August 1953) A Big Thank You to Liam Tweed! Economy of Movement When dealing with readers requests for a Combined Training article in last month's Muscleman, I...
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Biceps: Vince Gironda - Gene Mozee
A flexed, fully developed biceps epitomizes all that is strong and powerful in man. It goes deeper than eye appeal:The biceps was arguably the single most instrumental muscle group in the building of...
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My Life Story, Part Two - Ronald Walker (1953)
Courtesy of Liam TweedOriginally Published in This Issue (May 1953) Part One is Here:https://ditillo2.blogspot.com/2019/06/my-life-story-ronald-walker-1953.htmlMy Last Lifting as an Amateur and First...
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Basic Power Methods - Charles Coster (1955)
Article Courtesy of Liam Tweed -This is one issue of S & H I don't have, andit's a real pleasure to be able to post this particular article. Originally Published in This Issue (April 1955) On the...
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Max Out Your Bench - Bill Starr
Hit a sticking point with your bench press and can't seem to add weight to the bar, no matter what you do or how you try? Bill Starr, former top Olympic lifter and strength coach at Johns Hopkins...
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Training on the Olympic Lifts, Part One - Jim Halliday
Article Series Courtesy of Liam TweedThe first lift of the three Olympics, the Two Hands Press, has never been a good lift of mine and has never held any attraction for me either in training or...
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Training on the Olympic Lifts, Part Two - Jim Halliday
Article Series Courtesy of Liam TweedThe Press - Part Two Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anderson - 1959. In the last article we dealt with the initial and slightly advanced stages of performance on the Press....
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Overcoming Shoulder Back-Lack - Verne McDonald
Danny Padilla Overcoming shoulder back-lack is no insurmountable problem. It's not even a crisis. It's not like overcoming a genetic defect such as curveless calves, stick-figure forearms, or lats and...
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Tom Platz - George Snyder
There was no surprise when at Tom Platz's clinic as George Snyder's Olympus Gym that one of the questions centered on his thigh development, for the Platz lower body has been described by many writers...
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I Was Once a Monster - Bruce Randall
Thanks Again, Liam! Looking back over my 3 years and 3 months as a weightlifter, I find that I have gone literally from one extreme to the other. I have tried many innovations, routines and experiments...
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Casey at the Bench, Part Two - Jeff Everson (1985)
Part One is here:http://ditillo2.blogspot.com/2014/03/casey-at-bench-jeff-everson.htmlNo one makes it to the top of their profession without an abundance of intelligence and truckloads of discipline....
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Natural Quad Training: A True Definition of Intensity - Jason E. Cohen
1998A couple of days ago a guy came up to me in the gym and accused my training partner and I of being on the juice. My training partner happens to be the reigning Natural Mr. America, and I've won...
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Isolation After-Shock Quad Training - Steve Holman
Note: "Most of the time I suggest a one-second lift and a three-second lower on most exercises. Some stretch-position moves in the Positions-of-Flexion mass-training protocol may require a slightly...
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Winning the Battle of the Bulge - Bill Starr
Thanks to Liam Tweed! Uncle Buddy was taking me to a nudist camp. He'd invited me several times, but I'd always declined. Not because I had anything against the practice -- in fact, I was in favor of...
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Stiff Leg Deadlifts - Brent Howard (2005)
Brent "Sgt. Rock" HowardMaurice Jones, born 1912, around his top bodyweight of 230-235 at 5' 8.5". A slightly earlier advocate of the Stiff Leg Deadlift, he did 425 for 15 in ultra-strict style,...
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Doug Hepburn - Gerry Baxter (1952)
Taken From This Issue (November 1952)Courtesy of Liam Tweed. Afew nights ago I had a very unpleasant experience. I'm a fairly big guy myself, 210 lbs., 48" chest, 17.5 arm and the rest in...
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