by Bill Hinbern | Jan 4, 2026 | Articles
It was Tuesday night, August 27, about 6:30, to be exact, when I heard the phone ring upstairs, as I was squatting on my home-made squat rack in my home-made gym, in my dingy, clay-walled yet unexplainably comfortable ”snake pit” of a cellar. “Honey,” my...
by Bill Hinbern | Jan 4, 2026 | Articles
MANY beginners who read the various physical culture magazines are continually changing their routines almost weekly as they read of a new schedule followed by some physique star. Gains slow down and even stop with the constant shifting. And if a particular routine is...
by Bill Hinbern | Jan 4, 2026 | Articles
GEORGE F. JOWETT died on July 11, 1969. Many iron game followers knew him as one of the world’s most adept wrestlers and weightlifters of his time. He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England in 1891 and emigrated at an early age to the North American continent,...
by E Z | Jan 4, 2026 | Articles
Any enthusiastic young bodybuilder who looks through the current muscle building mags with an idea of organizing a good, sensible program of all-round training for himself is bound to flip! He won’t flip with delight either, for a very good reason. Almost...
by E Z | Jan 3, 2026 | Articles
A complete arm development must include a well-shaped forearm. My training includes many forearm exercises. I have planned most all of my lower arm training for the building of strength. These exercises have given me not only strength but a well-developed forearm. I...
by E Z | Dec 31, 2025 | Articles
Ever since the York Barbell Club was organized back in the late twenties, a champion or two was always found among its membership, although in those days the club was known as the York Oil Burner A.C. However, by 1937 its members dominated all championships and the...
