Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Back in the 1930's and early 1940's, Bob
Hoffman wrote about the York Champions
in every issue of Strength and Health
magazine.
He talked about Tony Terlazzo, the World
Champion and Olympic Champion at 132
and 148 pounds.
There was Johnny Terpak, World Champion
at 165 pounds.
John Davis, World Champion at 181 pounds.
John Grimek, also at 181 pounds - a Senior
National Champion and North American
Champion - and two-time Mr. America
winner.
And in the Heavyweight class, weighing
220 pounds, there was Steve Stanko.
Hoffman called him "The Big Champ."
It was a good name.
In his prime, Stanko was hailed as The
Strongest Man in the World.
One of his goals was to be the first man
in history to total 1,000 pounds or more
in the three Olympic lifts: the military
press, the snatch, and the clean and
jerk.
It was a feat fully akin to running a
mile in less than four minutes.
It was something no man had ever
done - and something that many
believed could never be done. They
didn't believe the human body was
capable of doing it.
I cover Steve Stanko and the other
Champions of the era in my Legacy
of Iron books.
They're available in hard-copy at Dino
Headquarters - and the first three in
the series are available in Kindle
editions, as well.
Yes, I did say the first THREE in the
series - because we just released The
1,000 Pound Total in the Kindle book-
store.
You can find the Kindle editions right
here:
Legacy of Iron 1
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron01_kindle.html
Legacy of Iron 2 - Clouds of War
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron02_kindle.html
Legacy of Iron 3 - The 1,000 Pound
Total
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron03_kindle.html
Of course, if you prefer hard-copy,
those are available as well - right
here at our products page - just
look for the special section for the
Legacy of Iron books:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
