Training With A Hangover Bill Starr | July 04, 2012 "I made it a point to push them to personal records on several of the exercises in the program for that day. I wanted to show them that they did have control over their bodies, even when they wanted to throw up or just go lie down on the sit-up boards." Continue reading
Doug FurnasThe greatest strength athlete you've likely never heard of... Marty Gallagher | June 27, 2012 "If a fiction writer were to sculpt Doug’s tale, tell it true without embellishment or ornamentation, it would likely be rejected as outlandish and unbelievable...Periodically, Giants walk amongst us, and it is important that we examine them and learn from them – the great sin is to let them pass unnoticed, for they have lessons to impart that can assist us in our own quests." Continue reading
George Jowett, the ACWLA & the Milo Barbell Company John D. Fair | June 22, 2012 "It is my belief that the present day official amateur lifting in Canada and the United States is the natural result of the efforts and accomplishments of George Jowett in regulating and promoting lifting and creating interest in progressive exercise."- Ottley Coulter, 1956 Continue reading
The York Barbell Series - Exhibitions IV Bill Starr | June 17, 2012 "For most of the exhibitions that we put on, everything was routine. We’d show up, meet our sponsor or sponsors, put on the show, collect our money, and leave. But one exhibition that Bob Bednarski and I put on ended up being a nerve-racking affair..." Continue reading
Iron Icons: Kuc & Williams Marty Gallagher | June 05, 2012 "John Kuc was an important figure in powerlifting. In the early 1970s Kuc trail-blazed all-time best poundages as a superheavyweight lifter: he was the first man to squat 900, the first man to total 2300, the first man to deadlift 850." Continue reading
