A little while ago, I did a series of posts about the great material that you can find on the Sandow Plus and Maxalding websites about oldtime strongman. These two sites are the benchmark internet repository for the huge amount of material that was written both by and about the great strongmen who lived between the close [...]
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Sandbag training tips
May 11th, 2010 Comments Off
I’ve written before about how to make a cheap sandbag and I followed that up with a post about training with sandbags. If you’ve been bitten by the bug that gets some of us sometimes and feel the need to hoist a heavy weight without the safety and predictability of a barbell, then check out these [...]
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World’s Strongest Man: 1980s and 1990s round up
April 28th, 2010 Comments Off
It’s been great fun reviewing the World’s Strongest Man finals from the 1980s and 1990s but all good things must come to an end. So just like the round-up that I did for the oldtime strongmen post series, here is a round-up for the World’s Strongest Man reviews: World’s Strongest Man: 1980s World’s Strongest Man: [...]
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World’s Strongest Man: my favourite moments from the 1990s
April 27th, 2010 Comments Off
Having sat and watched all of the finals for the World’s Strongest Man for 1991 through to 1999, I have remembered some great moments, some heart-breaking moments and some I-just-can’t-believe it moments. Here are some of my favourite moments: 1991: Gregg Ernst being the first to lift the fifth McGlashan stone. He said at the [...]
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World’s Strongest Man: my favourite moments from the 1980s
April 26th, 2010 1 Comment
Having sat and watched all of the finals for the World’s Strongest Man for 1980 through to 1989, I have remembered some great moments, some heart-breaking moments and some I-just-can’t-believe it moments. Here are some of my favourite moments: 1980 – the bar bending event yielded some amazingly simian noises as the gorilla-sized contestants battled [...]
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