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...
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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...
A REVIEW – “SOVIET TRAINING AND RECOVERY METHODS”
Authors: Rick Brunner and Ben Tabachnik Ph.D. I had the great pleasure to talk to Coach Tabachnik, who I will call Ben in the rest of the article....
Keys To Raise The Clean
Keys to raise the clean It is impossible to use only classic lifts all the time to improve your clean. Do not train the clean and snatch in...
THE KING OF IRELAND
Gerry McNamara can claim the title for his long career. He started at 16-years-old at the 52 kg class lifting raw. He placed 12th at the International Powerlifting...
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...
Facts and Fallacies of Fitness
I had the pleasure of assisting Dr. Mel Siff doing talks about the fine book Supertraining. Mel was a good friend and an expert on biomechanics. Mel was...
