Thursday, January 07, 2010

  • Narragansett Machine Co. Adjustable Barbell Set


    • A look at an adjustable barbell Set from the Narragansett Machine Co., circa 1910 or so. Each plate weighs 5 pounds and the bar weighed ten pounds so when fully loaded, this set weighed 130 pounds in total which makes it just about perfect for home use. This set also featured something that I have never seen before or since: latches on the inner collars to keep the barbell plates in place.

    Also of note is that fact that barbell plates and equipment from just about every other equipment company, including those who were older, is fairly "common" in comparison to this set. I know of no one who has even seen a single Naragansett Barbell or plate in the flesh, let alone owned one. If you should come across any, please let us know.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Thursday, January 07, 2010

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    Saturday, December 05, 2009

  • Unknown Strongman #2


    • Another unknown strongman... Don't know anything else about him but I dig his choice of equipment.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Saturday, December 05, 2009

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    Wednesday, July 29, 2009

  • Iron Grip Barbell Plates


    • If you ever wondered which company is the last to manufacture and produce barbells and weight plates on US soil then your answer is the Iron Grip Barbell company of Santa Ana, California. They introduced this unique 12-sided weight plate in 1993.

    I like these plates a lot, you can actually use them for many interesting exercises by themselves. Iron Grip also makes a damn fine bar.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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    Wednesday, July 08, 2009

  • York Simplex Weight Training Sets


    • Need a weight set? York has long been the standard as far as barbells and dumbbells are concerned. Here's a few of the weight sets you could have ordered back in the 1950s. There's no telling how many people built a heck of a lot of size and strength with this very equipment. This was back in the days when you could address an envelope with only "Muscletown USA" and it would be delivered promptly to Bob Hoffman in York, PA.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, July 08, 2009

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    Monday, June 22, 2009

  • The York Aristocrat Weight Set


    • The York Aristocrat Weight Set, circa 1955. Not much more to say other than you can get pretty damn strong with only what is pictured here ~ and many people did!

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    Posted by John Wood @ Monday, June 22, 2009

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2009

  • German Weightlifter


    • Berg-Hantell barbells and plates were the inspiration for all modern Olympic sets. Here's one in use by the German lifter A. Wiedmer who shows how it's done in winning this early weightlifting contest sometime in the 1920s.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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