Bud Jeffries- Epic Lifetime Natty Strongman, Raw Powerlifter, Noble Savage. And Sexual Tyrannasaurus
Having regaled you guys with tales of semi-mythical lifters who rarely, if ever, competed, I thought it would be prudent to introduce you to the modern era's answer to Chuck Ahrens- Bud Jeffries. Six foot, 295lbs, and 44 years old, Bud is crazy strong, the possessor of the only 1,000lb bottom position Anderson squat
Whatever You Think Your Genetic Limit Is, You’ve Been Lied To
Stanislaus Zbyszko and his allegedly-impossible-for-a-natty-lifter 20.5" arms. No matter what the future brings, man's capacity to rise to the occasion will remain unaltered. His potential for tenacity and optimism continues, as always, to outfight, outpoint, and outlive any and all changes by his society." - Richard Matheson, "Steel" It will shock absolutely no one that I regard empirically-influenced
Baddest Mofos Ever- Donald Dinnie
“Had he lived in primitive times [Dinnie] would have been much like the old chief who on his death bed, when asked to forgive his enemies, said he had no enemies, he had killed them all.” While the man looks awesome for a 45 year old in swim trunks, he doesn't exactly appear to be sweating
Chuck Ahrens- A Lesson from the Past about Strength and the Modern Acceptance of Histrionic Personality Disorder
Perhaps the most unfairly maligned man in the history of the strength world was a man who would have undoubtedly despised me- Chuck Ahrens. Known as the strength world's "Mystery Man", Chuck Ahrens shied from the spotlight, the camera, and competition to the point where he was only photographed once in a t-shirt.
Baddest Mofos Ever- Paul Anderson
Have you ever felt like just digging a hole in your backyard, then building a squat stand over it and loading a thousand pounds on it, then standing in the hole and doing partials with it? Me neither. Paul Anderson, however, thought about a lot of crazy crap like that. Paul Anderson, if you don't
Fury Road- Training To Fight From The Prehistoric To The Present, Part 2 (Catch Wrestling)
[Check out Part 1 in this series here.]If there's anything humans love more than inflicting grievous injuries on one another, it's watching other people inflict grievous injuries on one another.Clearly, fighting techniques and training methods have crazy ancient roots, and in spite of their age, the techniques for building strength and endurance for combat have
John “I Basically Committed Suicide By Unreal One-Handed Deadlift” Y. Smith- Baddest Mofos Ever
"You may never equal the grip strength of John Y. Smith who at 160 pounds bodyweight and in his 40's deadlifted 450 pounds in his right hand and 425 in his left before completely destroying his back while lowering the bells to the floor and as a result suffered a massive stroke resulting in having