Thursday, January 07, 2010
The Amazing Samson!Many strongmen performed The Human Link Feat but around 1920, The Amazing Samson upped the ante by a bunch. He not only held back a pair of draught horses, he also bent a steel bar over his leg at the same time! Amazing indeed. It should also probably be mentioned that he accomplished this feat as a result of a bet.
Labels: Alexander Zass, Amazing Samson, Bar Bending, Classic Strongman Feats, Human Link
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Amazing Samson: Girder Teeth Lift"The Amazing Samson" Alexander Zass was adept at many feats of strength but he had unusually strong teeth. Here, he lifts a 300 pound steel girder by that method - and makes it look easy.
Labels: Alexander Zass, Feats of Strength, Jaw Strength, Teeth Lifting
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Sunday, August 09, 2009
Chain BreakingOne of the feats that Alexander Zass performed in his strength act was to break chains with his hands. "Samson" would let an audience member choose a specific link then twist it back and forth with the strength of his hands until it weakened and broke. (In this case it was the sixth link in the chain.) This twisting caused the chain to become so hot that Samson's fingers ended up blistered afterward but the amazing feat did bring the house down every time - the price of show business!
Labels: Alexander Zass, Amazing Samson, Bending Feat, Chain Breaking, Feats of Strength, Oldtime Strongman Feat, Steel Bending
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Steel Bending"The Amazing Samson" Alexander Zass engaging in a bit of steel bending. Though is is certainly not for everyone, steel bending can be quite a workout, one that can make you very strong in some very unusual ways.
Labels: Alexander Zass, Amazing Samson, Bending Feat, Feats of Strength, Full Body Strength, Grip Training, Steel Bending, Wrist Strength
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
The Amazing SamsonHuman cannon acts have long been a feature attraction with circuses. Only Alexander Zass, known as 'The Amazing Samson', performed a version of this dramatic center ring spectacle that has never been duplicated. This European strongman star executed the cannon act so that his agile brawn replaced the net in catching his partner as she was catapulted across the arena.
Labels: Alexander Zass, Amazing Samson, Cannon, Circus, Circus Act, Circus Strongman
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Alexander Zass - The Amazing SamsonThe great Russian strongman Alexander Zass a.k.a The Amazing Sampson bending a steel rod in his teeth. Many of the oldtime strongmen bent steel as a part of their act since it was a feat many members of the audience could more easily relate to.
Labels: Alexander Zass, Amazing Samson, Samson, Steel Bending, Steel Scrolling
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008
The Mighty Samson's Nail DrivingAlexander Zass, aka "The Mighty Samson, was one of the greatest of the Nail Driving strongmen. He used the unorthodox style pictured above to drive the nail through a 3" wooden board -- and, like no other strongman I know of, also used to pull the nails out as well.
Labels: Alexander Zass, Mighty Samson, Nail Driving, Oldtime Strongman Feat
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Saturday, November 10, 2007
A Classic Oldtime Strength Feat: Steel ScrollingSteel Scrolling, also called "coiling," is a classic Oldtime Stength Feat that involves bending long steel bars by hand into artistic shapes.
The list of great oldtime steel scrollers is actually quite extensive: Siegmund "Iron King" Breitbart, Alexander "The Amazing Samson" Zass, Indian Strongman Monotosh Roy, and, of course, Joe "The Mighty Atom" Greenstein.
This lost art is still kept alive by several modern strongmen such as Slim The Hammerman, Dennis Rogers and Erik Vining.
Labels: Alexander Zass, Dennis Rogers, Erik Vining, Monotosh Roy, Siegmund Breitbart, Slim The Hammerman, Steel Bending, Steel Coiling, Steel Scrolling, Strongman Feat, The MIghty Atom
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Alexander Zass: The Amazing SamsonAs far as Oldtime Strongmen go, few were more impressive than Alexander Zass.
Bending or breaking nails, twisting horse shoes, driving nails, supporting feats, scrolling steel, breaking chains, carrying horses, -- he did it all.
The Amazing Samson attributed much of his strength to isometric training.
Labels: Alexander Zass, Amazing Samson, Isometrics, Nail Driving, Strongman, Strongman Feat
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