In many ways my home gym has ruined me. I no longer stress about how and where to workout. I have completely missed the influx of influencers and tripods on the gym floor and, owing to family/work commitments, my training schedule has fluctuated wildly (hello 10 pm deadlifts!). As I lose touch with my fellow… Continue reading Who Invented the Deadlift Bar?
For a long time, but especially in the last 40-50 years, the fitness industry has been growing and moving away from its humble beginnings. What was once just a way to maintain health and show off power has turned into a multi-billion industry. In order to show our appreciation for all things fitness, here’s a… Continue reading Guest Post: Fitness Trivia: A Brief History of “Old School” Fitness Equipment
No matter how much modern equipment and specialized machinery gyms are equipped with these days, they all still carry a simple staple of gym equipment called the barbell. Barbells have been part of gyms for many years. In essence barbells are simply a metal bar with weights on either end, but they an essential component… Continue reading Guest Post: The History of Barbells
Enthusiasm means a wholehearted devotion to an ideal, cause, study, sport, hobby, or pursuit. If you have an enthusiasm, your success in all you undertake will be assured. Too few people have continued enthusiasm. They are interested for a time, and then the passing fancy passes. We say so often about weightlifting success, that only… Continue reading Why Enthusiasm Matters. Bob Hoffman’s Sage Advice from the 1950s.
To gain great strength one needs to consider the factors that unite to produce it. For until this is done one cannot be sure upon what lines to work. The things that make for outstanding physical strength are great vital force, a high degree of nervous energy, and superlative quality of muscular tissue. Contrary to… Continue reading W. A. Pullum, ‘Great Strenth’, How to Use A Barbell (London, 1932), 21-24.
