Thomas Inch “The Scarborough Hercules!” The First Official “Britain’s Strongest Man” After becoming “Britain’s Strongest Youth” at 16, and “Britain’s Strongest Man” in 1910, Thomas Inch was aptly nicknamed “The Scarborough Hercules”. While striking up a friendship with the “The Attila Brothers” and “The Saxon Brothers”, he set out to build a physical culture empire as large as […]
Read More!Thomas Inch On Strength by Thomas Inch The First Official “Britain’s Strongest Man!” During the early 20th century Thomas Inch became a household name throughout England. He performed to sell-out crowds on a routine basis. He took on any and all challengers from anywhere throughout Europe. Novice would be […]
Read More!The Art & Science of Lifting by Thomas Inch The First Official “Britain’s Strongest Man!” After becoming Britain’s Strongest Man in 1910, Thomas Inch wrote “The Art & Science of Lifting”. Here, the veteran weight lifter, explains the different lifting styles used by the contemporary strongmen of the day. Surprisingly enough, while […]
Read More!Scientific Weight Lifting by Thomas Inch The First Official “Britain’s Strongest Man”! To promote weightlifting in Great Britain, and market the tools of his strongman trade, in 1905, Thomas Inch published Scientific Weight Lifting. This, the first of his many books, became an overnight best seller with sales well over 40,000 […]
Read More!
Thomas Inch – The Scarborough Hercules