https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMXadANmrXc Admittedly a little bit longer than the normal videos I post here, the following film is too interesting to pass up on. Produced in the late 1980s in the final years of the Soviet Union, the film is part propaganda and part instructional exercises. Done to show the training needed to be a champion... Continue Reading →
Doug Hepburn in Action! (British Pathé, 1953)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tBgr3bzxMM Admittedly this site has not given Doug Hepburn his due. A Canadian by birth, Hepburn was known the world over not only for his weightlifting and strongman feats. The above video shows Hepburn at the height of his strength prowess. Filmed in 1953, the same year Hepburn won gold at the World Weightlifting Championships,... Continue Reading →
Harold the Champion Nail Breaker! (British Pathé, 1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VOE-8lZydw&list=PLOLn97IoZOb7WhKxje0uP7BYOB8QDbCr4 Continuing my love of old British Pathé videos is today's post on Harold 'the Champion Nail Breaker'. Based in Derbyshire, Harold's feats of strength and not only impressive but also shine a light on a by then disappearing trend in health and fitness. By the time of this video (1963), fewer and fewer individuals... Continue Reading →
‘Speed and Power Exercises for Wrestlers’, a Soviet Documentary from the 1980s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMXadANmrXc Admittedly a little bit longer than the normal videos I post here, the following film is too interesting to pass up on. Produced in the late 1980s in the final years of the Soviet Union, the film is part propaganda and part instructional exercises. Done to show the training needed to be a champion... Continue Reading →
The Ritz Brothers, Charles Atlas Did it For Me (1942)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7drz_faT8sM Part of the 1942 movie 'Behind the Eight Ball', the above song is not strictly about health and fitness. Sung by the Ritz Brothers, Al, Jimmy and Harry, 'Charles Atlas did it for Me' is a funny and interesting incidence of how physical culture was viewed in wartime America. Eulogising the system of Charles... Continue Reading →
The Ritz Brothers, Charles Atlas Did it For Me (1942)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7drz_faT8sM Part of the 1942 movie 'Behind the Eight Ball', the above song is not strictly about health and fitness. Sung by the Ritz Brothers, Al, Jimmy and Harry, 'Charles Atlas did it for Me' is a funny and interesting incidence of how physical culture was viewed in wartime America. Eulogising the system of Charles... Continue Reading →