Super-Strength
by Alan Calvert
Founder of Milo Bar Bell Company
This book is one of the all time great classics in the world of strength and strongmen.
Some even consider it to be the best book ever written on the subject of weightlifting.
It was originally written and published in 1924 and, in its day, thought to be the proverbial “barbell bible.”
This was “the book” when it came to lifting weights whether you were just starting out or you were a seasoned veteran of the iron game.
Read what the author learned over a span of 20 years from his day to day experiences while at the hub of weightlifting in America…
The legendary The Milo Bar Bell Company of Philadelphia.
See genuine strongmen in leotards, Roman gladiator sandals and wrist gauntlets doing harness lifts, tossing kettlebells, snatching shot loading dumbbells, and pressing huge globular barbells.
Legendary greats like: Apollon, Otto Arco, Louis Cyr, Charles Durner, Pierre Gasnier, Archie Gillespie, Edward W. Goodman, George Hackenschmidt, George F. Jowett, Siegmund Klein, George Lurich, Tony Massimo, Anton Matysek, Adolph and Joseph Nordquest, Harry B. Paschall, Eugen Sandow, The Saxon Trio, John Y. Smith, Roy L. Smith, Robert Snyder, Joseph Steinbach, Henry “Milo” Steinborn, Albert Tauscher, George Zottman, etc.
Twenty-Six Chapters With Over 80,000 Words!
Table of Contents
Chapter I – Introductory
Chapter II – The Back
Chapter III – Some Lifting Records
Chapter IV – The Legs
Chapter V – Harness and Platform Lifting
Chapter VI – The Sides
Chapter VII – The Abdominal Muscles
Chapter VIII – The Chest
Chapter IX – The Upper Part of the Back
Chapter X – The Shoulder Muscles
Chapter XI – The “Swing” and the “Snatch”
Chapter XII – The Jerk Lift
Chapter XIII – Arm Strength
Chapter XIV – Lifting a Bar-Bell From Floor to Chest
Chapter XV – On Individual Training
Chapter XVI – Making Yourself Over
Chapter XVII – Hands, Wrists and Forearms
Chapter XVIII – Where Does It All Come From?
Chapter XIX – Muscle Control
Chapter XX – Professional Exhibition Work
Chapter XXI – Who Is The Strongest Man in the World?
Chapter XXII – More About Lifting
Chapter XXIII – Some Out-Worn Superstitions
Chapter XXIV – The Secret of the Bent-Press
Chapter XXV – Statuesque Development
Chapter XXVI – Effects of Exercise
What Readers Have Said About
“Super-Strength”
by Alan Calvert
“I loved Super-Strength. Thank you for making these books available.”
Tim C.
Somersworth, New Hampshire
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Dave H.
Salem, New Hampshire
“Thanks Bill, I ordered that book from you a short while ago and am devouring it. I love it and enjoy your e-mails. I have incorporated it in my (Crossfit) training program. Thanks,”
Ken S.
Mars Hill, Maine
“Hi Bill, Just finished Super-Strength by Alan Calvert for the first time. What a great read full of great information. The photographs alone are worth the price of the book. It is plain to see where Bob Hoffman got a lot of ideas and inspiration.”
Peter Y.
Huntington, New York
“This is a terrific book by one of the Iron Game Pioneers. Strength and Strength Training hasn’t changed; Super-Strength is a tremendous touchstone in that regard! Plus, if you are interested in iron history you will find plenty of Old School lifters mentioned and featured here!”
John F.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Timeless information that is just as pertinent and result producing today as it was years ago when it was strictly man against iron and strongmen made their living with their strength.
Written for those who trained at home in their barn, garage, basement, cellar, backyard, etc., at a time when commercial gyms like those of Siegmund Klein and Prof. Anthony Barker were scarce!
Best wishes,
Bill Hinbern
Super Strength Training
Super-Strength
by Alan Calvert
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