Learn from the Trainer of John C. Grimek… author and Olympic Coach, Mark H. Berry Most of the training routines used by old time strong men up until the late 1920’s used compound movements. Previous to that time the squat, or deep knee bend as it was called back then, […]

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, […]

Paul Anderson “The Dixie Derrick!” The Strongest Man In Recorded History! I had heard of Paul Anderson in the late 1960s and sent for my first copies of his weightlifting courses shortly thereafter. There was no doubt, his training methods worked. I discovered this after picking up various tips and […]

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. […]

Super Squats How to Gain 30 Pounds of Muscle in 6 Weeks! by Randall J. Strossen   In 1968, working as a construction laborer during the hot summer months of summer vacation, the author began experimenting with weightlifting routines for gaining size and strength. The author felt hampered with being […]

New Release! In Stock Ready to Ship! Bradley J. Steiner’s “A Complete Guide to Effective Barbell Training” Found in everyone’s top ten list of all time favorite weight training books!   I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked for this book over the past 30 […]

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 […]

Thinking of Getting Bigger and Stronger?… Start Production Today! The Production of Muscular Bulk by Michael J. Salvati   This is the first book ever written on the subject of building muscular bulk and power. Originally published in 1965 by another famous writer for Peary Rader’s “Iron Man” Magazine. The […]

The Rader Master Bodybuilding and Weight Gaining System by Peary Rader The Original Editor and Publisher of “Iron Man Magazine”   Peary Rader wrote his formula for success in 1946 and revised it in 1956. This is considered by many to be the most effective and result producing muscle building […]