Monday, January 25, 2010
Stefan Siatkowski - The Man of IronStefan Siatkowski a.k.a " The Man of Iron" was a Polish Strongman who excelled in bar bending, nail bending, scrolling and anything else that involved bending metal. He was active as late as the 1960's.
Labels: Bar Bending, Performing Strongman, Polish Strongman, Steel Bending, Steel Bending Strongman, Steel Scrolling, Stefan Siatkowski
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Friday, October 09, 2009
Bobby PandourOne of the all-time great physiques belonged to Bobby Pandour of Poland. He was an excellent at muscle control as well as hand balancing so much so that he performed an act with his brother Ludovic in the Ringling Brothers Circus in the early 1900's
Labels: Bobby Pandour, Classic Physique, Hand Balancing, Hand Balancing Act, Physique Star, Polish Strongman, Ringling Brothers Circus
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
CyclopsFranz Bienkowski, known professionally as 'Cyclops' , was the first lifter to introduce the bent press to Britain. His best performance in this lift was 250 pounds. His favorite feats though were breaking chains wrapped around his arms (shown here) as well as bending or breaking coins.
Labels: Chain Breaking, Coin Breaking, Cyclops, Franz Bienkowski, Oldtime Strongman, Polish Strongman
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
 Otto Arco | Otto Arco doing what he does best: looking impressive without doing much at all. In 1907, Arco became the second man in the world to hoist double bodyweight overhead with a 278-1/2 pound lift at 138 pound of bodyweight. He was also the first to one hand snatch over bodyweight with a 145-pound lift. Arco was a great wrestler, gymnast and hand balancer. He and his brother Pete performed with several different circuses in the US and abroad. |
Labels: Gymnast, One Arm Lift, one arm snatch, Otto Arco, Polish Strongman, Wrestler
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Monday, January 07, 2008
| Stanley Radwan was a catch wrestler and strongman who performed during the 40s and 50s in the Cleveland, Ohio area. He is not especially well known outside of the Cleveland area but very well known and well loved inside the Cleveland area especially among the Polish community. This event poster from 1949 advertises him pulling cars with his teeth, biting through steel, breaking chains, bending horseshoes, bend nails and spikes, nail driving by hand, tearing decks of cards, and performing the human link feat. It was said he could also bend coins with his hands. |  Stanley Radwan |
Labels: Bending Feat, Coin Bending, Nail Bending, Nail Driving, Oldtime Strongman, Oldtime Strongman Feat, Polish Strongman, Stanley Radwan, Steel Bending
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Franz Bienkowski - "Cyclops" - The Coin Breaker Franz Bienkowski was a Polish wrestler and strongman who performed in the late 1800's. It was reported that his grip and finger strength was so powerful that he could bend and break coins.
Labels: Circus Strongman, Coin Bending, Cyclops, Franz Bienkowski, Grip Feat, Grip Strength, Oldtime Strongman, Polish Strongman, Strongman Feat
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
 The Mighty Atom | His real name was Joseph Greenstein but he was better known as "The Mighty Atom" -- and he became one of the most well known "Strongmen" of all time despite the fact that he stood only 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed in at 140 pounds. As a young boy in Poland young Joseph Greenstein was befreinded by a Russian Strongman named "Champion Volanko" who taught him the Secrets of Strength. The Mighty Atom could bend horseshoes, break chains by expanding his chest, bite nails in two, hold back airplanes and even once stopped a bullet... |
Labels: Bent Horseshoes, Chain Breaking, Champion Volanko, Joseph Greenstein, Polish Strongman, Slim The Hammerman, The MIghty Atom
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