Thursday, June 25, 2009
Archie VanderpoolIf you want to practice heavy partial deadlifts or hand-and-thigh lifts, you'll want a setup like Archie Vanderpool here. The strongman (and proud member of the York Barbell Club) from Woodbine, Iowa, specialized on a number of unusual -- and very heavy -- lifts. For example, his record in the lift shown was 1840 pounds. He also liked to do things like shouldering a 1100 pound railroad rail and then going for a walk.
He also reported carrying a barbell loaded to 400 pounds for a distance of 80 feet. If this looks and sounds familiar, it's because Archie was good friends with Steve Justa's father.
Labels: Archie Vanderpool, Heavy Partial Movements, Odd Object Lifting, Steve Justa, Unusual Strength, Unusual Training Equipment
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Friday, February 01, 2008
Archie VanderpoolThe Mysterious Mr. Vanderpool performs a pretty unusual feat of supporting strength... With his back against a stone wall, Archie braced his legs against a car driven at full throttle for 52 seconds. -- The tires were worn to ribbons!
Labels: Archie Vanderpool, Feat, Supporting Feat
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Sunday, November 04, 2007
 Steve Justa (Top), Archie Vanderpool (Below) | If you have had a chance to read Steve Justa's book ROCK IRON STEEL you've had a chance to see many unusual training techniques and pieces of equipment that Steve Justa uses in his workouts... You probably wonder where he got some of these training ideas -- well it just so happens that Justa's father was a friend of a guy named Archie Vanderpool who was featured in several of the lifting mags during the 1950s with some very interesting equipment and ideas on super-heavy partial movement training. |
Labels: Archie Vanderpool, Heavy Partial Movements, Rock Iron Steel, Steve Justa
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