Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then I'll reveal the
identity of the mystery man who authored
the 10 old-school training tips given in
yesterday's email.
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Bodyweight Training to me on Friday. I
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And now -- the Mystery Man!
We had tons of guesses:
Bob Hoffman
Harry Paschall
Sig Klein
Clarence Ross
Joseph C. Hise
William Boone
George Jowett
Vince Gironda
Peary Rader
Mark Berry
John Grimek
Earle Liederman
Jack LaLanne
Steve Reeves
John Davis
Steve Stanko
Doug Hepburn
And several others . . .
But the correct answer is -- JOE WEIDER.
Sort of.
Let me explain . . .
The article where I found the 10 old-school
training tips appeared in the November, 1945
issue of Muscle-Power, a magazine edited by
Earle Liederman and published by Joe Weider.
The article credits Joe Weider as the author.
But was he? I'm not sure.
The training advice is REALLY old-school --
and some of it, such as the advice to perform
full-range movements and to perform "full,
slow contractions" is hard to square with
the cheating method that Weider would champion
just a few years later.
In addition, there are references to running
and roadwork -- and wrestling -- and things the
author learned from George Hackenschmidt.
I don't think Joe Weider ever wrestled (although
perhaps he did), and I don't think he had met
Hackenschmidt prior to November, 1945 (although
perhaps he did). I believe (but I could be wrong)
that Hackenschmidt was in Europe during World War
Two, and there would have been no way for Weider
to meet him from 1939 through 1945. No one was
crossing the Atlantic to talk training back then.
The article also covers such things as muscle
control, and urges readers to practice pitching
horseshoes and juggling in order to learn to
control their muscles. That sounds much more
like earlier writers -- such as George Jowett.
Jowett, by the way, was a wrestling champion --
and he mentions learning things from Hackenschmidt
in some of his writing.
So the OFFICIAL answer is Joe Weider. But I wonder
if the answer should also be -- George Jowett --
or Otto Arco (another wrestler) -- or Earle
Liederman (who wrote a book about wrestling) --
or some other old-school lifter and wrestler.
Perhaps the copy editor made a mistake and and
attributed an article by Earle Liederman to
Joe Weider.
I don't know -- but it's still an interesting
article, and the advice in it is well worth
following.
We had ONE reader who got the right answer --
sort of, kind of, maybe. I'll share his name
tomorrow.
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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