Friday, June 19, 2009
One of the interesting things that you would find in the old strength magazines was Olympic sets from some of the different countries - and they did a fine job. pictured here is a famous Russian Olympic set brought in by Leo Stern for use in his gym. Oh yeah, that's also Pat Casey 'unofficially' bench pressing 525 pounds.
Labels: Barbell Exercise, Bench Press, Leo Stern, Olympic Barbell, Pat Casey, Russian Olympic Set, Sterns Gym
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The Russian Olympic Set