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Weight Training and Cable Exercise - Charles Coster (1953)
Are ya havin' fun yet? Overly serious types please exit the site...
View ArticleThe Idiot Broke the Setup in One Week
I have a new coworker until mid-December who is by the books like crazy. A do-right piece of shite. Won't be allowed to do anything but "work related" crap on the comp even when it's not busy and I...
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The Bodybuilder's Friend: The Deep Knee Bend -- Peary Rader (1947)
From This Issue. In case some of you think that we overdo the emphasis on the squat program, let us repesat that it has been proved beyond a doubt (by those of us on whom all else failed), to be the...
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Dynamic Attention -- Bill Starr (2007)
If this lift and the victory spin don't put a smile on your face you must be dead. Note to Eric: here's that Hise article. Turns out I already posted it in 2012....
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How Roy Callender Trains - Bill Reynolds
Great photo of Kono! Now, some b-building stuff . . . of a slightly extreme nature, some may say."I have a lot to learn," confessed Roy Callender, who only 12 hours before had won the IFBB Pro Mr....
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Modern Strand-Pulling, Part One - David Webster
Courtesy of Jan Dellinger.Thank You, Sir! Forewordby D.G. JohnsonEditor of "Health and Strength" and"The Body Builder." In assessing the lessons to be learned in the highly competitive sports arenas...
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Building Formidable Thighs -- Ben Weider
Courtesy of Jan Dellinger, one of the contributor-backbones of this wee blog and a helluva great guy to fly the Iron Skies with! Note: if this booklet rubs you the wrong way, The Weider Twitch, let's...
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Modern Strand-Pulling, Part Two - David Webster
Courtesy of Jan Dellinger.Thank You, Sir! A new star was beginning a glittering career; this was Tom Diamond, the stocky Yorkshire miner, who also had designs on the beautiful medal presented by...
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Popping Questions at John Davis - Joe Weider (1948)
1938Recently, while visiting New York, I had the pleasure and the privilege of meeting the famous John Davis,...
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Seven Ways to Get Jacked with Olympic Lifts -- Christian Thibaudeau (2015)
Note: This article is already online, but I like it and am making an exception here to draw attention to the interesting points it brings up. Thanks, Chris! Here's what you need to know . . . 1)...
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Modern Strand-Pulling, Part Three - David Webster
PRESENTING ARMS"Show us your muscles," say the kids, and what do they expect to see? Big latissimus muscles, a hefty chest,...
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Doug Hepburn -- Gerry Baxter (1953)
Here, Doug is supporting a 210-lb. barbellplus a 130-lb. man doing a handstand on it. Here A few nights ago I had a very unpleasant experience. I'm a fairly big guy myself, 210 lbs, 48" chest, 17.5"...
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Modern Strand-Pulling, Part Four - David Webster
SOME SHOULDER WORK Big arms and big shoulders go together, like fish and chips -- neither is quite the same without the other, so...
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The Deep Knee Bend, Part One -- Doug Hepburn
This is the newer version, featuring a cool cover and much clearer print. I have one of the older blue ones, done on the cheap on Doug's printing setup that writers around Vancouver used to print off...
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The Deep Knee Bend, Part Two -- Doug Hepburn
Correct BreathingThe breath should be maintained from the time that the bar is removed off the stands until the body is properly positioned between the safety boxes. Just before commencing to lower...
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The Deep Knee Bend, Part Three -- Doug Hepburn
YOUR TRAINING ROUTINEThe trainee will note after reading the arrangement of sets and reps that I favor a combination of heavy single repetitions with a series of sets of fairly low consecutive...
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Modern Strandpulling, Part Five: David Webster
CHEST CHAPTERJuan Ferrero George Cox using a wide-grip curl style. Henry Downs reaching a weight of 400 lbs. in the pullover. We constantly hear reference to the "chest expander" as strands were called...
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Bulk vs Bunkum -- Frustrations of the Bodybuilder (1961)
Note: Here is an article on "type training" from 1961. The author is listed as "The Chief Instructor of the International Federation of Physical Culture." Most officious. Seriously, I just like...
View ArticleSome Short Bits from Doug Hepburn
-- courtesy of Robert Wildes Not sure if I already posted this or not but it doesn't really matter. Note that Mr. Hepburn, always the strength-seeker, is not interested in the higher reps often...
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Modern Strandpulling, Part Six -- David Webster
MIDRIFF MOVEMENTS Courtesy of Jan Dellinger Posture, digestion, respiration, internal protection and support of vital organs...
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