Desbonnet’s School of Physical Culture (1885)
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How to Get Strong Legs With Dumbbells
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One of Hackenschmidt’s Favorite Exercises: Dumbbell Get-Up
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Charles MacMahon: Kettlebell Juggling (1927)
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Monte Saldo’s Secret of the First Ever Bodyweight Dumbbell Swing
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Arthur, Oscar, and Arno Drink Beer and Lift Kettlebells: Fun with the Saxon Trio
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Siegmund Klein Teaches the Dumbbell Bent Press (1938)
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Thomas Inch Learns the Dumbbell Swing
The dumbbell seems to have played a part in Inch’s career from a very early age, and not necessarily the challenge dumbbell. At the age of 15 he accepted an invitation to visit Professor Josef Szalay in London. Szalay was an Austrian, a barber, who had surrounded...
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Saxon’s Bent Press Tips
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4 StrongFirst SFL Barbell Tips: Deadlift, Bench Press, Back Squat, Military Press
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Bob Hoffman: 12 + 1 Bent Press Thoughts (1938)
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Thomas Inch, Scientific Weight Lifting (1905): Kettlebell Snatch
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Eugene Sandow [Video Documentary]
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Chest-Expanding and Shoulder Developing Exercise With a Pair of Kettle-Bells (1924)
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Görner the Mighty and his Incredible Kettlebell Two Hands Anyhow Record
At Dresden on 25th July, 1920, Görner lifted the enormous weight of 430 lb. (a little more than 195 kilos) overhead in the Two Hands ‘Anyhow’ style, performing the feats with four kettleweights in the following manner. He first of all swung with the right hand two...
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John Grimek Meets Sig Klein: “A Good Strongman Never Makes Excuses”
Many years ago when I first walked into Sig's gym (around 1930) he stumped me with a pair of dumbbells… his100s. He asked whether I could clean and press a pair of 100s. I had not used heavy dumbbells until then so was not sure and told him so. He asked me to try and...
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Legendary Old-Time Strongmen: Ernest Cadine Swings 198,42 Lbs. Dumbbell
Ernest Cadine was born in 1893, north of Paris. He began his career at the age of 16 as a gymnast, wrestler, weightlifter and swimmer. Before World War 1 he placed 3rd at the French Weightlifting Championship with right hand swing 141 lbs., two hands snatch of 187,4...
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Eugene Sandow Teaches the Kettlebell Swing/Snatch (1894)
This is an effective as well as graceful exercise, calling into play the chief muscles of the trunk and limbs, and imparting litheness and elasticity to the movements. The bell is placed on the floor a little in front of the feet, ring to the right, heels in line, and...
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Side Push Press? From Alan Calvert’s Book The Truth About Weight Lifting (1911)
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Siegmund Klein, The Kettlebell (1932)
The “kettle-bell” has been for years a very important factor in developing strength, yet the modern weight-lifter rarely, if ever, uses it. This is partly the fault of the governing body of the International Weight-Lifting Association, for kettle-bells are not used in...
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