Table of Contents

Foreword by Irving R. Clark

Introduction by John E. Dawe

Chapter 1 – Introducing Hermann Goerner

Chapter 2 – His Early Life

Chapter 3 – His Later Life and Travels

Chapter 4 – His Measurements

Chapter 5 – His Lifting Performances and Feats of Strength

Chapter 6 – His Training Methods

Chapter 7 – His Attitude to Strength Feats

Conclusion – Appreciations – by World Famous Authorities

Here Are Some of Goerner’s Truly Unbelievable Lifts:

Carrying over 453.592 kg (1,000 lb) across one shoulder.

Deadlift – 360 kg (790 lb) with overhand hook grip, and 380 kg (840 lb) with mixed grip.

Deadlift – 376.48 kg (830 lb).

One-handed block deadlift – 333 kg (734 lb) on July 20th 1920, in Dresden, Germany.

One-handed deadlift – 330 kg (730 lb) on October 8th 1920, in Leipzig, Germany.

One-handed deadlift – 301 kg (664 lb) on October 29th 1920, for which he later received recognition in the Guinness World Records.

Deadlift – 270 kg (600 lb) using just two fingers of each hand, normal and reverse grip was used, on November 30th 1933, in Leipzig, Germany.

Deadlift – Among Goerner’s best deadlifts was a lift of 380 kg (830 lb), rather unorthodox insofar as the makeup of the weight lifted was concerned, it was done in the following manner. Goerner took a bar weighing 200 kg (441 lb), had two men stand, one on each end of the bar, then deadlifted it to full competition height and held it for several seconds to the satisfaction of the judges. Goerner was 42 years old at the time.

Pinch lift – 50 kg (110 lb) on July 10th 1934, in Leipzig, Germany.

Clean and Press – 177.5 kg (391 lb).

One-hand snatch – 77.00 kg (169.75 lb) barbell with 2 3/8” thick handle.

One-hand snatch – 104.10 kg (229.50 lb).

Two-hands anyhow – 195 kg (430 lb).

Two-hands curl – 109.77 kg (242 lb).

Deep-knee bend – 215 kg (474 lb) (held in front!).

Jerk behind the neck – 186.43 kg (411 lb).

Abdominal raise – nearly 90.72 kg ( 200 lb).

Leg pressing 24 men, total weight 1,870 kg (4,120 lb), on a plank with the soles of his feet, in 1921.

At Dresden on July 25th 1920, Goerner lifted the enormous weight of nearly 200 kg (440 lb) overhead in the Two Hands Anyhow style, performing the feat with four kettleweights in the following manner. He first swung with the right hand to arms length, two kettleweights, one weighing 50.0 kg (110.25 lb), and the other 45.0 kg (99.25 lb). Still holding the bells overhead, he then bent down and picked up with the left hand a third kettleweight weighing 50.0 kg (110.25 lb), which he then swung to arms length and transferred to the thumb of the right hand. Then, still holding the three kettleweights overhead in his right hand, he lowered his body carefully and with the left hand picked, up the fourth kettleweight, which he slowly swung to arms length. The combined weight then held overhead for the referee’s count was, as has been stated, no less than 195.5 kg (430 lb).

…and hundreds of other equally amazing feats of strength!

Here’s what George F. Jowett had to say about
Hermann Goerner:

“Comparing Goerner with other old time and present strong men, such as Steinbach, Swoboda, Rigoulot, etc., I am amazed most by his wonderful lift of 793¾ lb. That is an enormous weight to lift off the ground and stand erect. If all the greatest strong men of the world could be brought together, there is no doubt that Hermann Goerner would wear the proud title – World’s Strongest Man!”

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