Having previously looked at the history of the squat, bench press and even the smith machine, it seemed about time that we did a history
Tag: Deadlift
Frederick C. Hatfield, ‘Dr. Deadlift’, Powerlifting USA, Vol 10 No 4. Novemeber/1986
It’s a little known fact that the eruption of Mr. St. Helens, and the continuing subterranean growls in the area, are purely mythic. What really
The History of the Trap Bar
A piece of equipment that has become increasingly common in recent years is the trap bar, that hexagonal device which has become the bane of
Forgotten Exercises: English Style Deadlifts
Admittedly this is an exercise for your physical culture purist. Stemming from the early origins of physical culture in the late nineteenth-century, English style deadlifts
Deadlifting Cheese at the World’s Strongest Man (1983)
I have, I believe, been fairly open about my love of the World’s Strongest Man, specifically the opening decade of the competition. Whereas today’s competition
Michael H. Brown, ‘Developing an Iron Claw’ (1974)
Many years ago, before most of today’s weight trainees were even a gleam in their daddy’s eye, a fellow named John Y. Smith used to