Did He Have the Strongest Grip of All Time?

 

Herman Goerner may have had the strongest grip of all time.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

October 8 is a day when great things happen.

On October 8, 1480, the Grand Duke Ivan III
of Russia rallied his troops to make an historic
stand against the Great Horde of Akhmat Khan,
saving Russia from one of the most fearsome
armies in history.

October 8, 1871 was the day the Great Chicago
Fire burned the city to the ground.

On October 8, 1918, Corporal Alvin C. York
killed 28 German soldiers and captured 132
others in the dark and bloody Argonne
Forest.

On October 8, 1939, Germany annexed Western
Poland.

On this date in 1956, the New York Yankee's
Don Larson pitched the only perfect game in
World Series history.

And an equally remarkable feat of muscle and
might occurred on October 8, 1920.

It happened in Leipzig, Germany.

A ferociously powerful strongman named Herman
Goerner -- weighing a mere 220 pounds -- set a
World record in the one-hand deadlift.

His record still stands today.

Goerner deadlifted 727 1/2 pounds.

With one hand.

And in case you're wondering, the lift was performed
on a regulation barbell -- without hooks or straps --
in the classic, bar in front of the lifter style.

It was an amazing lift -- and one of the greatest
feats of strength in recorded history.

Did Herman Goerner have the strongest grip of
all time?

I don't know -- but he definitely has a rightful
claim to the title!

And it didn't happen by accident!

Goerner followed a unique training program to
build super strength into his hands and fingers.
I cover it in detail -- exercise by exercise -- in
Strength, Muscle and Power -- along with a
complete chapter on the one-arm deadlift.

If you already have the book, go back and re-
read those chapters. If you don't have it, go
here to grab 356 pages of strength training
dynamite:

http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html

You may not end up deadlifting 727 1/2
pounds -- but you'll definitely build a bone-
crusher of a grip!

As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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right here at Dino Headquarters:

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P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "There is
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man against iron." -- Brooks Kubik

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Goerner the Mighty!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Hermann Goerner had some of the strongest
hands and fingers of any man who ever
lived -- and he had tremendous all-around
strength, as well.

On October 8, 1920, Goerner performed a
one-hand deadlift with a barbell weighing
727 1/2 pounds!

He performed a one-hand snatch with a
barbell weighing 220 1/2 pounds on Nov-
ember 30, 1919 -- and performed a one-
hand clean and jerk with a barbell weighing
264 1/2 pounds on November 9 of the same
year.

On March 21, 1920, he performed a one-
hand swing with two kettlebells having a
combined weight of 220 1/2 pounds.

In the same year, he deadlifted 793 2/3
pounds, clean and jerked 390 1/4 pounds,
and performed a front squat with 474 1/2
pounds.

Goerner was 6' 1/2 inch in height, and weighed
just 220 pounds at the time he made these
amazing lifts.

Later, his muscular weight increased to
about 245 pounds, making him one of the
most impressive looking of all strongmen.

How did Gorner build his amazing strength?

Well, he did lots of things - barbell lifting,
dumbbell training, kettlebell work, and
some very interesting strongman stunts
and exercises with heavy awkward
objects.

He also - get this - worked at a circus
once, and wrestled a small elephant -
but over the course of the year, the
elephant grew many hundreds of
pounds bigger.

That must have been a heck of a
workout!

As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Hermann Goerner had a very unique
and very effective method of grip training.
I cover it in detail in Strength, Muscle and
Power -- and it's one of the best programs
there is to build truly Herculean grip
strength. Grab a copy and give it a
try:

http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html

P.S. 2. For more about Goerner and his
training methods, order his biography,
Goerner the Mighty, from my good friend
Bill Hinbern:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/goerner-the-mighty-edgar-mueller

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "You can argue
about  a lot of things, but you can't argue
about the training methods of a man who
deadlifts 727 1/2 pounds with one hand."
-- Brooks Kubik

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Did He Have the Strongest Grip in History?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

October 8 is a day when great things happen.

On October 8, 1480, the Grand Duke Ivan III
of Russia rallied his troops to make an historic
stand against the Great Horde of Akhmat Khan,
saving Russia from one of the most fearsome
armies in history.

October 8, 1871 was the day the Great Chicago
Fire burned the city to the ground.

On October 8, 1918, Corporal Alvin C. York
killed 28 German soldiers and captured 132
others in the dark and bloody Argonne
Forest.

On October 8, 1939, Germany annexed Western
Poland.

On this date in 1956, the New York Yankee's
Don Larson pitched the only perfect game in
World Series history.

And an equally remarkable feat of muscle and
might occurred on October 8, 1920.

It happened in Leipzig, Germany.

A ferociously powerful strongman named Herman
Goerner -- weighing a mere 220 pounds -- set a
World record in the one-hand deadlift.

His record still stands today.

Goerner deadlifted 727.5 pounds.

With one hand.

And in case you're wondering, the lift was performed
on a regulation barbell -- without hooks or straps --
in the classic, bar in front of the lifter style.

It was an amazing lift -- and one of the greatest
feats of strength in recorded history.

Did Herman Goerner have the strongest grip of
all time?

I don't know -- but he definitely has a rightful
claim to the title!

And it didn't happen by accident!

Goerner followed a unique training program to
build super strength into his hands and fingers.
I cover it in detail -- exercise by exercise -- in
Strength, Muscle and Power -- along with a
complete chapter on the one-arm deadlift.

If you already have the book, go back and re-
read those chapters. If you don't have it, go
here to grab 356 pages of strength training
dynamite:

http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html

You may not end up deadlifting 727 1/2
pounds -- but you'll definitely build a bone-
crusher of a grip!

As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. My other books and courses are right here
at Dino Headquarters:

http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "There is no
greater battle than the battle of man against
iron." -- Brooks Kubik

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Muscles in the Military

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Today is Veteran's Day in the USA,
so I want to begin by giving a big
shout out to all of the Dinos who
have served their country -- or
who are doing so now.

To all of you, THANK YOU for your
service!

In honor of the day, I thought I'd
share some fun facts about muscles
in the military.

1. The famous old-time strongman,
Clevio Massimo, once performed the
manual of arms using a 125-pound
soldier instead of the rifle normally
used for the drill.

2. Bob Hoffman was an infantry
soldier in World War One, and
was in the thick of the fighting
in France. Think how the Iron
Game would have changed if
he had been killed in action.

3. Norb Schemansky fought in
Germany, and found a 400-pound
Berg-Hantel barbell set after a
battle. He tried to take it with
him, but it was too heavy and
he had to leave it behind.

4. The German Strongman, Herman
Goerner, was a prisoner of war during
World War One. He trained in the prison
camp with a barbell made from logs.

5. During World War Two, Strength
and Health ran a regular series about
barbell men in the armed services,
and included photos of their "gyms"
featuring homemade barbells and
dumbbells assembled from tires
sheet metal, cogwheels, pipes
and axles.

a. In other words, where there's a
will, there's a way!

6. George Eiferman, the 1948 Mr.
America, served in the Navy and
trained his legs while on ship by
climbing tall ladders from the cargo
hold to the deck -- while carrying a
100 pound sack of flour on his
shoulders.

7. Frank Spellman landed on the
Normandy Beaches and fought with
the Allied Army in France and Germany.
One night, as he was sleeping, a German
tank rolled right over him while he was in
his fox-hole! Luckily, he was not hurt --
and went on to win a gold medal in
weightlifting at the 1948 Olympics.

I know that some of our Dinos have
stories of their own about muscles in
the military. If you have one, send it
in so I can share it with your fellow
Dinos!

As always, thanks for reading and have
a great day. If you train today, make it
a good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. The Legacy of Iron series takes place
right before and during World War Two --
and it includes many true stories about
muscles in the military. For book no. 1
in the series, go here:

Hard-copy

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron.html

Kindle e-book

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron01_kindle.html

For books 2 - 5 in the series, go here:

http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html

Important -- email and ask for a shipping
quote if you order two or more books!

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "If you see
a veteran, step up and say THANK YOU.
And don't just do it today. Do it every
day." -- Brooks Kubik

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Goerner the Mighty!

Hermann Goerner

 Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Hermann Goerner had some of the strongest

hands and fingers of any man who ever

lived -- and he had tremendous all-around

strength, as well.

On October 8, 1920, Goerner performed a

one-hand deadlift with a barbell weighing

727 1/2 pounds!

He performed a one-hand snatch with a

barbell weighing 220 1/2 pounds on Nov-

ember 30, 1919 -- and performed a one-

hand clean and jerk with a barbell weighing

264 1/2 pounds on November 9 of the same

year.

On March 21, 1920, he performed a one-

hand swing with two kettlebells having a

combined weight of 220 1/2 pounds.

In the same year, he deadlifted 793 2/3

pounds, clean and jerked 390 1/4 pounds,

and performed a front squat with 474 1/2

pounds.

Goerner was 6' 1/2 inch in height, and weighed

just 220 pounds at the time he made these

amazing lifts.

Later. his muscular weight increased to

about 245 pounds, making him one of the

most impressive looking of all strongmen.

Goerner had a unique training system to

strengthen his hands, fingers and grip.

I cover it in detail in Strength, Muscle and

Power -- and it's one of the best programs

there is to build truly Herculean grip strength.

After all, it's the program Goerner used to

perform that amazing one-hand deadlift.

What a powerhouse he was!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. You can grab Strength, Muscle and
Power right here at Dino Headquarters:

http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html

P.S. 2. For more about Goerner and his

training methods, grab his biography,

Goerner the Mighty, from my good friend

Bill Hinbern:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/goerner-the-mighty-edgar-mueller

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "You can argue

about  a lot of things, but you can't argue

about the training methods of a man who

deadlifts 727 1/2 pounds with one hand."

-- Brooks Kubik

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Swing Your Way to Strength and Power!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We'll talk training in a minute,
but first of all, I want to give
a big shout out to Peter Bolsius.

Peter is a long-time Dino and has
written some great articles for
the Dino Files newsletter. He
even made the cover of one issue.

And now, he has achieved a life-
long dream. He's opening a Dino
style gym in Sydney, Australia.
The grand opening for Mojo Strength
is 2:00 to 5:00 on Saturday, Aug
4. The gym is at 589 Bunnerong Rd
Matraville. If you live anywhere
near, go over and check it out.

Opening your own gym -- especially
a Dino style gym -- is a pretty
good thing to do. The world needs
more good gyms. So kudos to Peter
for getting it done!

On the training front, Bill Kociaba
sent in a very interesting workout
report that I want to share with
you. Bill is about my age. I'm 55
and I think he's 54. So he's been
training for a long time -- but you
can always learn something new, no
matter how long you've been training,
and Bill learned something new and
valuable in his last workout.

Bill writes:

"I know infrequent workouts with lots
of recovery time are the way to go for
strength increases, but what just
takes infrequent to a new level.

As I mentioned to you a bit earlier,
I have really been getting into
kettlebells for the past couple
of months.

Today, my right forearm and elbow
were bothering me, so I decided to
skip the kettlebell work and do Trap
Bar deadlifts, which I have not done
since early May.

In that workout (last May), I did
272 x 3, with no belt. (I have stopped
using a belt.)

Anyhow, I pulled 270 today, and it felt
like nothing, so i tried 290 for an easy
double, then 302 for an easy single, and
finally 312 for a not so easy but still
solid rep.

That was 40 pounds more than I had ever
pulled without a belt, and the most I
have pulled in probably 20 years. Pretty
amazing considering I haven't had anything
heavier than a 70 pound kettlebell in my
hands in the past two months!

I think the full body movements like the
swings and snatches had a lot to do with
the increase. I just felt more solid and
the reps moved smoother and faster.
   
I'm going to put the TBDL back in maybe
every second or third week and see how it
goes.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Bill Kociaba"

Thanks for the report, Bill! Your experience
with kettlebell work is similar to my own
experience with Dino style dumbbell training
lots of dumbbell swings, cleans and snatches).
They have tremendous carry-over effect for
deadlifts and Trap Bar deadlifts.

BTW, Herman Goerner used to do lots and lots
of dumbbell and kettlebell swings -- and he
was the greatest deadlifter of his generation.

I like your plan of using the kettlebells
for swings and snatches, and doing the TBDL
every two or three weeks. Keep us posted on
your training and your progress!

As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Dino style dumbbell training will
make you strong, fast and powerful! Learn
it all in my new book, DINOSAUR DUMBBELL
TRAINING:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.html

P.S. 2. My other books and courses are
available right here at Dino Headquarters:

http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "You'll have many
workouts during your life, but the most important
workout is the one you have today. Make the most
of it." -- Brooks Kubik