The Classic Bent Press Collection “The King of Lifts” A favorite lift of a bygone era, the Bent Press was used by old time strongmen to impress their audience because it is performed very slowly, with one hand, while holding a ponderous weight. Although, “technically,” NOT a press, by strict […]

Dave Whitley “The Iron Tamer!” Famous Strongman, Lecturer, and Motivational Speaker   Imagine growing up in rural Tennessee, shy, overweight, with a terrible stutter. That was the case with young Dave Whitley. To avoid the teasing and humiliation, he retreated into a world of fantasy and comic books, longing to […]

Arthur Saxon “The Iron Master!” Ringling Brother’s “Strongest Man in the World!” At 14 years of age, Arthur Hennig and a few friends started an athletic club in the family potato cellar. He fashioned their weights out of stone and they trained twice a week. Soon they were putting on […]

How to Bent Press by Siegmund Klein Renowned Old Time Strongman, Physique and New York City Gym Owner   This is the FIRST book ever written and dedicated exclusively to the “King of Lifts”… The Bent Press. If you have ever seen anyone Bent Press a heavy, cumbersome, barbell or […]

George F. Jowett “Nerves of Steel, Muscles Like Iron!” Author of “The Key to Might and Muscle”   In early 1968 I came across a pile of weightlifting courses at a fund raiser. Among these were old courses by a guy named George F. Jowett. I read through them and […]

How to Bent Press Correctly by Harold Ansorge New Release! In Stock and Ready to Ship! The Only Man in the World to Ever Officially Bent Press 300 Pounds With the Left Arm!   The Bent Press was the pet lift of strongmen like Arthur Saxon, Eugen Sandow, George Hackenschmidt, […]

In Stock Ready to Ship! Taming the Bent Press A Guide to the King of Lifts by Dave Whitley “The Iron Tamer”   This is Dave’s complete guide to learning the old-time strongman’s favorite lift… The Bent Press. The old school method for putting MAXIMAL weight overhead with ONE HAND. […]

The Text Book of Weight-Lifting by Arthur Saxon “The Iron Master!”   Back in print! For now at least the best book on the training methods of the old-time strongmen that I’ve seen. Opening this book of 1910 gives you the feeling you’ve opened the training manual of strongmen of […]

The Development of Physical Power by Arthur Saxon The Iron Master! In 1906 The Strongest Man in the World wrote his first of two books describing his simple methods for developing genuine strength and power, not just useless artificially swollen muscles. This is an intimate account of how this man of 5 […]

How to Bent Press by Siegmund Klein Renowned Old Time Strongman, Physique and New York City Gym Owner   This is the FIRST book ever written and dedicated exclusively to the “King of Lifts”… The Bent Press. If you have ever seen anyone Bent Press a heavy, cumbersome, barbell or […]