Wednesday, January 27, 2010

  • Dr. Ken Leistner: The 12th Man to lift "The Water Barrel" at Zuver's Hall of Fame Gym


    • It was on July 1st, 1968 that Dr. Ken became the 12th man to lift the Zuver's Gym "challenge" water barrel overhead. Nobody knows exactly how much the barrel weighed but it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 200-250 lbs. And, if you have done any barrel lifting, you know that it's a whole different deal than a barbell. If you ever get to talk to Dr. Ken, get him to tell you the story on how this came about.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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    Thursday, December 18, 2008

  • Mac Batchelor: Barrel Lifting


    • When you run a tavern, like Mac Batchelor once did, you had better be adept at lifting barrels. The Barrel Press as Mac demonstrates here is a great upper-body developer, especially if the barrel is partially filled with beer.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Thursday, December 18, 2008

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