Saturday, November 17, 2007

  • Milo Steinborn's Orange Avenue Gym

    • Milo Steinborn's Orange Avenue GymMilo Steinborn's Orange Avenue Gym

    Henry "Milo" Steinborn was a 5'8" 205 lb German wrestler and strongman who became the first man to ever squat 500 lbs. In fact, his world record squat of 553 lbs. (set during the 1920's) would not be officially bested until the early 1950's by Doug Hepburn.

    It was Milo who popularized the heavy deep knee bend as one of the most productive training lifts for anyone interested in building real strength.

    In 1952, Milo opened the Orange Avenue Gym down in Orlando, Florida, which makes it the oldest weightlifting gym in America. Along with plenty of weights and barbells, Milo's Gym had a wrestling ring and other physical training equipment.

    It was here that Milo taught a young Jim Flanagan how to get strong.

    I was fortunate enough to visit the Orange Avenue Gym on a trip back in 2003 -- it still had some of Milo's original training equipment.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Saturday, November 17, 2007

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