Tuesday, December 11, 2007

  • The Good Brothers

    • The Good BrothersThe Good Brothers

    The Good Brothers, Harry, Walter and Bill, were a trio of weightlifters and Strongmen from Eastern Pennsylvania. Bill was the strongest of the three, winning seven Senior National Weightlifting Titles (1930-1937) and competing in two Olympic Games (1932 Los Angeles, 1936 - Berlin). Bill Good was the first American to Clean & Jerk 350 Pounds.

    Walter Good competed in the 1936 Olympics as well.

    Harry was the U.S. Professional Champion in 1933 in addition to writing training articles for a number of different strength publications and training courses. Harry Good went on to establish the "Good Barbell Company" in the late 1930s.

    Mark Berry also used the Good Brothers to demonstrate several of the exercises in his book Physical Training Simplified (1930).

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    Posted by John Wood @ Tuesday, December 11, 2007

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