Monday, May 04, 2009

  • Young Apollon


    • The famous French strongman Louis "Apollon" Uni at 19 years of age. As the story goes he ran off and joined the circus at 14 and started performing as a strongman a year later. Even at this young age, Apollon's potential for great strength is evident by his thick bone structure. Strength ran in the family, it as said that he was descended from Pompelius Unicus, an undefeated Roman Gladiator.

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    Wednesday, November 21, 2007

  • Apollon: King of Strength

    • Apollon: King of StrengthApollon: King of Strength

    Louis Uni, the French Strongman known professionally as "Apollon," was certainly one of the greatest, if not the greatest strongman who even lived.

    It was Apollon, along with Louis Cyr who were dubbed "Les Rois de la Force" (Kings of Strength) by Professor Desbonnet because their strength was so far above and beyond the ordinary.

    Apollon, who was at his peak during the 1890s, stood 6"2' and in solid muscular condition, around 260 pounds.

    While he was certainly thickly-muscled and strong all over, he excelled in grip an forearm feats, especially lifting thick handled weights, such as the Challenge Weight that bears his name.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, November 21, 2007

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