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He’s gone on to that big gym in the sky where all the lights are white and the weights feel light.

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put weight on the bottom end only with the Walking Hands Of Death. It may seem redundant but as that bar gets walked up it’s really going to try to rip out of your hands. Your triceps, and grip will get worked hard.

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Position is for me, only done in an emergency or an actual Weightlifting competition. In training Snatch,Cleans,Jerks ALL get lowered under control. Lot more work and the more you handle the big weights, the less fear you tend to have.
If possible I’d rig up some tie down straps to hang and catch the bar. Remember a falling weight ‘weighs’ more(has more force) than a sitting one. That’s why you can stand on thin ice but can’t jump on it!(Thanks Lou Simmons). Use as many tie down straps as you need. I prefer multiple straps vs. one. If that one gives way….ooops. With multiple straps, you’ll have some sort of back-up. Hanging Jump-Stretch bands could help slow down the descent.

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Have you gotten Bill’s newest books on the history of the Iron Games?? It has George F. Jowett(I think) in two differnt phases of lifting an Anvil by the horn and then pressing the upside down Anvil overhead.

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Have fun with 10′ of angry bar vs. 7′ or better still have BOTH. For extra help gripping the bar, roll some athletic tape around it.
For BIG time fun, I do Overhead Tricep Extensions with a 5’length 3.5″ diameter bar held vertically. Grab with both hands, one higher on the bar above the other. Remember two guys each walking a hand up a bat to see who wins/gets to top first? Same idea with this exercise. At top of each rep, move top hand below other hand so now its the lower hand. With each rep, you’ll “walk” the bar up one more hand. The bar will seem to grow towards the ceiling. As the bar gets ‘taller’ it gets harder to balance. It should eventually feel like a gorilla is on your back trying to swat at a mosquito!! Now work your way back down.
I call it the Walking Hands Of Death.

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Won his last Mr.Universe@42y.o. in 1971 weighing 240ish. He said that Ray Mentzer had to be the strongest Bodybuilder he ever saw. Bill mentored 1982 Mr. Olympia Chris Dickerson as well. They don’t make ’em like Bill anymore.

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Dimpled.

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my first idol! Something about well developed legs screams strength to me. A thick back is a close second. Yeah, a good coach to take you under their wing can be a big help. Keep you motivated but grounded is the hallmark of a good coach.
Didn’t Chet Yorton do ok after a couple of horrific leg injuries?? Didn’t he also start the natural bodybuilding movement??

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Thanks, that was a good post. I think alot if not most of the greats got where they were in SPITE OF not because of their training. I believe Dr. Ken Leistner made this statement about Ed Coan in PL USA a few years back.
Sometimes looking at what a great lifter did to improve their weakest lift is helpful.

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I’ve always thought that of all people Grimek, Hepburn, Anderson, Eder, Sipes, Aherns, Randall, Hackenshmidt etc wouldn’t need to inflate what they could lift. Jeff Everson claims that each time he talked to Anderson his numbers changed to be just a little bit ahead of everyone else. Man if I was Paul Anderson I wouldn’t need to inflate my weights just my weight. Is that the only issue at hand??
I just came into a huge collection of Physical Culture mags from the 1940-1980’s. Some hardcovers from the late 1800’s were given to me as well. Sometimes I think the publisher had a (big) hand in it. Leafing through Muscle Power from the 60’s I appreciate the Olympic lifting articles but its obvious J.W. overstated claims that he took credit. Of course the athlete wants the exposure and who can it hurt??
I don’t inflate what I’ve done cuz’ even accounting for inflation, it still ain’t much!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

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I believe I still do have the DP booklet and may try to scan it for S&G’s.

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Just skimmed through my October 2011 issue and no John Ware. I would like to see a good article on him.
I WOULD recommend this issue of POWER magazine. Some humorous and informative articles in there.

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Always wanted to meet him so…. I AM A BIT ENVIOUS. His bulk up pictures showing him @410 lbs doing a 780lb Good Morning was toooooo much!!

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My first was a cranberry colored plastic DP(Diversified Products) set complete with Bruce Randall Workout booklet. I identified with him right away. Seeing I was in 8th grade/13 at the time, it obviously wasn’t his mass in which I identified. The guy had the tallest Brachioradialis I’d ever seen! The front of the booklet showed him in the middle of a Bicep Curl, his arm was HUGE but his B.radialis must’ve been 4 inches high!
My father gave my sister and I the DNA for a huge B.radialis. I’ve always been called POPEYE because of this.
I still use the weights to this day on my dumbbell exercises.
I think its funny I ever got into lifting seeing no one in my family did or had.

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See what a combine-d effort can get you??
Al,why are you so far away from the center or maybe Thom is too close to the center??
Can we use it for our next Heavy-Lift Nationals?

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