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Thank you for coming to my Oldtime Strongman Training and Physical Culture website. Before you go any further, I have one question for you:

"How would you like to be able to do the impossible?"

... Or at least strength feats that most people think are impossible - like tearing a phone book or deck of cards in half or twisting a horseshoe into a pretzel, or lifting more weight with one arm than most people can with two...

A hundred years ago, the Oldtime Strongmen could do those feats easily...and they established strength records that have yet to be duplicated, all a century or more before fancy equipment, miracle supplements, and modern technology. I'm no mind reader but I'll bet I know exactly what is going through your head at this very moment:

"How did they do it?...and more importantly, if you knew what they knew and trained like they trained, could you become just as strong?"

After studying how the Oldtime Strongmen trained, their unusual equipment, their unique methods and anything else I could get my hands on, I can say YES, it is undoubtedly possible for you to build the type of strength they had to perform amazing feats.

I know you wouldn't have read this far if you didn't think so too.

That is one reason why I established this website: to keep many of these "old ways" alive and to pass them on to future generations. And because strength training is one of the very best things you can do for yourself, why not do it right and have a heck of a lot of fun too? (continued below)

About John Wood and www.oldtimestrongman.com

Why You'll Have to Step Into The Time Machine
if You Want to Build Super Strength

I'll cut right to the chase: I don't really know how it happened but modern strength training has become BO-ring. These days, what is thought of as a "cutting-edge" gym has plenty of mirrors, chrome, and ferns...all useless. What happened to the passion...the attitude...the enthusiasm, and the Soul of strength training? It doesn't have to be this way...It shouldn't be this way...It won't be this way.... The world of strength training has a long and glorious past - and we're bringing it back. Step into our time machine and go back to the place where strength was King.

The Unique Training Methods That Transform
98-Pound Weaklings Into Supermen

What I'm talking about are the exact training methods that transformed 98 lb. weaklings into Supermen. With our vintage training courses, you can hear, right from some of the strongest men who ever lived, exactly how they trained. Get some of our Oldtime and unusual equipment to build unusual strength.

New Products:

The Dellinger Files

Classic York Barbell Club T-Shirts

All About Strand-Pulling
by Syd Devis

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The Dellinger Files

The Nautilus Bulletins

All About Strand-Pulling

Sandow Trading Card

Basic Scrolling DVD

The William Pullum Collection

The Bradley Steiner Collection

Muscletown USA by John D. Fair

Indian Clubs

The Short Bar

Everlast Classic Medicine Balls

The Gerard Trap Bar

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New Articles:

Book Review! Strand-Pulling

Neck Training

About Everlast

If I Had My Way by Tommy Kono

Sandbag Training

Grimek Poses

Henry Rollins

You can see footage of classic feats in action and even a few mind-boggling new feats of strength, performed in our DVDs from modern strength masters. That's just the tip of the iceberg, we've got so much more on the way...

If you haven't already done so, please take a moment to sign up for our email training tips. Otherwise, here are several training courses that will get results for beginners and veterans alike:

1. Dinosaur Training by Brooks Kubik
2. Super Squats by Randall J. Strossen
3. Keys to Progress by John McCallum
4. Nautilus Bulletins by Arthur Jones
5. Super Strength by Alan Calvert
6. Developing Physical Power by Arthur Saxon

You see, I feel that strength training is not just something you "do," but a way of life. If "Real Strength" is your thing, this is the place where you will learn more about it than anywhere else.

The secrets of the Strongmen of ages past will live on through you.

Strongman Training Topics

I'm Looking for Information About..." - that's how a lot of the e-mails that we receive start off. No surprises there, the world of strength training is vast and there are a lot of interesting things to learn.

So, to help you find what you may be searching for - or to point you toward something new that you may not have even realized existed - we put together a resource page which provides the topics covered in detail in our books and DVDs.

If you wanted to know, for example, which books feature information on tendon and ligament training or where you can find the details of the 20-rep squat workout, our training topics page can give you this information quickly and easily. To see it for yourself, please click any of the links or the image above.

Take a Look Around...

The place you'll want to stop by first will be our new Oldtime Strongman BLOG where you'll find some interesting bits of Iron History and Physical Culture from years past. And don't miss out on our Oldtime Strongman Training Articles Section for more in-depth material on strength topics that will interest you.

Also be sure to sign up for our daily email tips and then join up to our Physical Mailing List to start receiving updates by mail.

Finally, visit our NEW Updates Section to see what's new since your last visit. - We put up new material constantly so that's an area to check out daily.

If you see anything you would like (And I'm sure you will!) you can place an order quickly and easily through our secure system, or contact us during normal business hours and we can get you hooked up with exactly what you need.

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NEW Blog Posts:

Edward Aston

Eugen Sandow

Chest Expanders

Arthur Saxon

Dr. Ken's Log Bar

George Jowett - The Key to Might and Muscle

Oldtime Strongman Blog Posts and Points of Interest:

Whether this is your first time here or you come back every single day you'll definitely find some things you'll like. Here are a few good places to get you started:

The Mighty Atom

Arthur Saxon

Hermann Goerner's Secret

336 Pounds of Fury

Steve Justa

Odd Object Lifting

Dinosaur Training

Doug Hepburn

Barrel Lifting

Indian Clubs

Nail Driving

Olympic Weightlifting

Russian Strongman

Dr. Ken's Log Bar

Phone book Tearing

Sandbag Training

Classic Strongman Gyms

Louis Cyr

Muscle Control

Oldtime Strongman Equipment

Bradley J. Steiner

John Grimek

Rock Lifting

Super Squats

Lost Strength Secrets - Revealed!

Some people say there are no "secrets," they say that phenomenal strength feats are just a matter of hard work and dedication... If that were correct, the ability to perform Super Human Strength feats would be a common thing... but that is obviously not the case.

Do you know even the first place to begin if you wanted to learn how to correctly perform the bent press? How about the right sized nail to drive a nail through a 2-inch thick board with nothing but your bare hand? How about the finer points of heavy power rack work, partials, sandbag training, thick handled barbells and dumbbells, rope climbing, the one-arm snatch, the two-hands anyhow, the bridge press, phone book tearing, barrel lifting, or the Human Link...

If you want to accomplish these amazing feats and many more like them, it will require specialized training knowledge - knowledge that can't be found just anywhere...but it can be found here. Be sure to sign up for our daily e-mail Strength Tips in the box below. It will be loaded with plenty of great Old Time training information, classic articles, and more. We also have plenty more surprises in store, so join up today so you don't miss out!

Train hard,
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John Wood

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