Articles

2026

• 27 Old-School Kettlebell, Dumbbell & Barbell Training Principles from 1910
• Arthur Saxon: Two Dumb-bells—Simultaneous Clean Lift [1908]
• Thomas Inch: The Bent Press [1947]
• N. P. Laputin & V. Gorbunov: Individual and Partner Kettlebell Juggling [1971]
• Siegmund Klein: “Fun with Kettlebells” — The One-Arm Get-Up [1960]
• Old-Time Strongman Secrets for Modern Strength Breakthroughs [PODCAST]
• Ivan V. Lebedev: The One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch [1916 & 1928]
• Vintage and Modern Kettlebell Chain for All-Round Strength — Kettlebell VIP Online Course Sneak Preview
• Lebedev 1928: Old-School Kettlebell Quick-Start Guide — Kettlebell VIP Online Course Sneak Preview
• Forgotten (But Not Lost) Kettlebell Lifts — Kettlebell VIP Online Course Sneak Preview
• The Temple of the Iron Game: Mike Sousa’s BrickHouse, Modesto, California [VIDEO]
• Leo Gaudreau – Two Dumbbells Clean and Jerk [1948]
• R. P. Moroz: Develop Strength—Exercises with Kettlebells [1958]
• Sandow vs. Samson and the Get-Up: The Ultimate Strongman Test
• Side Press & Bent Press: The Old-Time Art of Heavy Overhead Lifting [VIDEO]
• Pyotr Krylov, “The King of Kettlebells” – Training of the Kettlebell Athlete [1914]
• Gord Venables, The One Hand Swing [1943]
• The “Half Your Max” Method for Pushups and Squats: Low Stress, Real Progress
• Less Than 5 Minutes a Day, Big Payoff: The Power of VILPA

2025

• George F. Jowett, The One-Hand Swing [1925]
• Dumbbell Lifting Done Right: The Fast Track to an Athletic Body, Performance, and Real-World Strength
• Alan Calvert: Kettlebell Hand-to-Hand Swing – “General Exercise for the Back and Legs” [1911]
• Thomas Inch, Heavy Weight Lifting: The Bent Press Tutorial [1947]
• Iron in Ice, Results on Fire: Why Train in a Cold Environment
• [VIDEO] The Two Main Bent Press Variations You Should Know
• Bruno Sammartino: Hindu Pushups & Hindu Squats Quick Tutorial + Simple Program [1963]
• Modified Side Press [1946]

2024

• Ivan Vladimirovich Lebedev: Kettlebell Exercises and Their Place in Modern Weightlifting Sports [1928]
• Girl Once a Physical Wreck, Now Does Astonishing Feats, Easily Toys with Weighty Barbells [1899]
• Lying Down and Getting Up with a Barbell [1916]
• Siegmund Klein’s „The One Best Exercise“ – and Challenge! [1939]
• Arthur Saxon’s Dumbbell Overhead Swing Tutorials [1905 and 1908]
• Paul Anderson – One-Arm Pressing Power
• Siegmund Klein: Special Preparatory Exercises for the Bent Press [1938]
• W. A. Pullum: Dumbbell Squat
• W. A. Pullum, The Bent Press [1930]

2023

• The Bent Press: Arthur Saxon’s Style [1938]
• W.A. Pullum: Three “Correct Posture” Dumbbell Exercises [1949]
• Let’s Give Weightless Squats a Chance [1970]
• W.L. Carquest’s Favorite Old School Leg Strength Exercises
• Edward Aston, The Bent Press: The Wrong Way & The Right Way [1948]
• George F. Jowett: Dumbbell Swing – Master Key to Might and Muscle [1926]
• A Secret “Muscle Control” Bent Press Tip from Thomas Inch [1958]

2022

• [CHALLENGE] #GGP108 Sun Salutations
• York Barbell System of Training: The Bent Press

2021

• Let’s Revive the Bent Press [1962]
• Daily Exercises and Home Development [1922]: Part 3 – Foot Exercises & Leg Exercise
• Daily Exercises and Home Development [1922]: Part 2 – Dipping + Chinning the Bar
• Daily Exercises and Home Development [1922]: Part 1 – Intro + Bridging

2020

• All-Round Female Athlete Diploma of the Attila System of Strength Building [1910]
• Some Exercises to Test Your Strength [1923]
• Tough Muscle Building Work of Advanced Non-Apparatus Training [1955]
• Baithaks aka Hindu Squats [1950]
• The Incomparable Arthur Saxon [VIDEO]
• What Makes the Oriental Strong? The Indian Dands [1911]
• Thomas Inch’s Dumbbell Get-Up Tutorial [1905]

2019

• Siegmund Klein: How Much Can You Bent Press? [1936]
• The Ancient Art of Club Swinging
• The Bent Press by Arthur Saxon
• Harold Ansorge: Systematic Practice the Bent Press – 21 Pointers [1943]
• Health & Strength: Light vs. Heavy Dumbbells
• Orlick/Weider: Abdominal Exercises for Strength and Power (1944)
• George Hackenschmidt: One Hand [Dumbbell] Snatch [1908]
• “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt [VIDEO]
• Arthur “Archie” Allaire: The One Hand Military Press (1928)
• Barbell & Kettlebell Lifting at the 1913 Olympics [RARE VIDEO]
• Siegmund Klein’s Super Physique (1943): Kettlebell Calf Raises

2018

• Inch’s Dumbbell Program Minimum for Boxing [2 of 2]: The Dumbbell Jerk
• Inch’s Dumbbell Program Minimum for Boxing [1 of 2]: The Dumbbell Swing
• George F. Jowett: “Jonglieren”—Team Kettlebell Juggling in Germany [1925]
• Harold Ansorge, Amazing Feats of Strength: Bent Pressing Heavy Weights
• Alan Calvert – The One-Arm Military Press (1915)
• Desbonnet’s School of Physical Culture (1885)
• How to Get Strong Legs With Dumbbells

2017

• One of Hackenschmidt’s Favorite Exercises: Dumbbell Get-Up
• Charles MacMahon: Kettlebell Juggling [1927]
• Monte Saldo’s Secret of the First Ever Bodyweight Dumbbell Swing
• Arthur, Oscar, and Arno Drink Beer and Lift Kettlebells: Fun with the Saxon Trio
• Siegmund Klein Teaches the Dumbbell Bent Press (1938)
• Thomas Inch Learns the Dumbbell Swing
• Saxon’s Bent Press Tips
• 4 StrongFirst SFL Barbell Tips: Deadlift, Bench Press, Back Squat, Military Press
• Bob Hoffman: 12 + 1 Bent Press Thoughts (1938)
• Thomas Inch, Scientific Weight Lifting: Kettlebell Swing-Snatch [1905]
• Eugene Sandow [Video Documentary]
• Chest-Expanding and Shoulder Developing Exercise With a Pair of Kettle-Bells [1924]
• Görner the Mighty and his Incredible Kettlebell Two Hands Anyhow Record
• John Grimek Meets Sig Klein: “A Good Strongman Never Makes Excuses”
• Legendary Old-Time Strongmen: Ernest Cadine Swings 198,42 Lbs. Dumbbell
• Eugene Sandow: Swing Ring-and-Ball Lift from the Ground Overhead [1894]
• Side Push Press? From Alan Calvert’s Book The Truth About Weight Lifting [1911]
• Siegmund Klein: The Kettle-bell [1932]
• Edward Aston: How to Gain Strength
• Sandow’s Straight Leg Situp: Oldschool Low Rep Abdominal Exercise
• Joe Bonomo: Detailed Training Instructions for “One Hand Get Up” (1970)
• Siegmund Klein’s Exercise for Developing a Powerful Neck
• Russian Lion’s SIMPLEXSTRONG Lessons: How to Choose Starting Weight, Reps, and How to Increase the Weight
• In This Year, I will Start to… Scratch it, I Will Continue to…

2016

• Kettlebells in the Movies: “Ivan the Poweful”
• How to Keep your SFG Skills Sharp
• Two Hands Anyhow
• Thomas Inch, Secrets of Strength: A Dumbbell Get-up
• A Few Words of Gratitude
• Kettlebell Swing Tip: 4-Count Movement, not 2
• Hermann Görner and Kettlebells
• The Stronger Person Will Win
• Shaolin Code of Honor
• Combatives & Strength Training: Hack Away at the Unessential
• Carl Gustav Jung: How Difficult It Is To Be Simple