Somebody You Should Know! - Louis Cyr
Louis Cyr was a French-Canadian strongman born near Montreal in 1863. There are many stories of Cyr remarkable strength. One such story was in his youth working as...
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Somebody You Should Know!- Bob Hoffman
Bob Hoffman was the founder of York Barbell and lived quiet the interesting life to say the least. Hoffman began a company called the York Oil Burner association....
Somebody You Should Know!- Charles Rigoulot
Charles Rigoulot Was born in France on November 3rd 1903 and died on August 22, 1962 at the age of 58. He won Olympic Gold in weightlifting in the...
Somebody You Should Know! - Valentin Dikul
Valentin Dikul style of training and his ability to overcome severe injuries to be one of the strongest men in the world is similar to the Westside Barbell...
Somebody You Should Know! - Paul Anderson
Paul Anderson was born on October 17th in Toccoa, Georgia and died on August 15th 1994. Paul's strength was truly out of this world and some his training...
Westside Powerlifting Morning Crew-Max Effort Upper Body Workout September 28th
Powerlifting Crew Workout Main Lift Bench against light bands to a 2 board for a max. Then work up to a 3 board max after 2 board max...
Somebody You Should Know!- George Hackenschmidt
George Hackenschmidt "The Russsian Lion" George Hackenschmidt was born in Dorpat on August 2nd, 1878 and died at the age of 89 on February 19th 1968. He was...
Somebody You Should Know!- Thomas Topham
Thomas Topham was born in London in the year 1710 till 1749. His feats of strength were remarkable giving that was 5 ft 10in and only weighed a 196...
Somebody You Should Know!-Hermann Goerner
Hermann Goerner was a German born weight lifter, professional performer and strength athlete. He was born on April 13th 1891 and died at the age of 65 on...
