Tuesday, August 18, 2009

  • The 1938 World Weightlifting Team


    • The 1938 World Weightlifting team that lifted in Vienna, Austria. From left to right: Steve Stanko, John Davis, John Terry, Tony Terlazzo, John Terpak and John Grimek. Davis and Terlazzo won their respective classes with the others placing second to fourth.

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    Tuesday, June 02, 2009

  • The 1947 U.S. World Weightlifting Team


    • The 1947 U.S. World Weightlifting Team:

    Back Row: John Davis, Norb Schemansky, Stan Stanczyk and Harold Sakata.

    Center Row: Tony Terlazzo, Frank Spellman, Pete george and John Terpak

    Front row: Emerick Ishikawa, Bobby Higgins, Joe DiPietro and Richard Tom

    The 1947 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and were the first such competition ever held on U.S. soil. This team of American lifters scored 27-3 victory over everyone else and equalled or exceeded 12 World records. This event was also held in conjunction with the very first Mr. Universe contest where Steve Stanko took home the crown.

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    Wednesday, January 14, 2009

  • The Handstand Press

    • The Handstand PressThe Handstand PressA simple yet very effective exercises is the handstand press. The boxes are there, of course, to increase the range of motion.

    This was a favorite exercise of the great weightlifting champion Tony Terlazzo (pictured here) who used it to increase his barbell overhead press. Terlazzo was a 13-time Weightlifting national Champion, something to think about if you're working on your press too.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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    Saturday, January 10, 2009

  • Tony Terlazzo

    • Tony Terlazzo was one of America's greatest Olympic weight lifters.

    Lifting for the York Barbell Club, Terlazzo was a Gold medal winner in the 60 kg class at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, set seven world records, won two world championshios and achieved an unprecedented 13 Senior National weightlifting titles.

    His best clean and jerk was 144.5 kg in the lightweight class.     		Tony TerlazzoTony Terlazzo
    You can read more about Tony Terlazzo in Muscletown USA by John D. Fair and Legacy of Iron by Brooks Kubik.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Saturday, January 10, 2009

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    Wednesday, December 31, 2008

  • The 1940 AAU Mr. America Contest

    • Results of the 1940 AAU Mr. America Contest:

    1. John Grimek
    2. Frank Leight
    3. Ludwig Schusterich
    4. Chick Deutch
    5. John Gallagher
    6. George Lapausky
    - Dave Asnis
    - Monroe Brown
    - Jack Channing
    - Elmer Farnham
    - Carl Hempe
    - Gene Jantzen
    - Melvin Kahn
    - Terry Robinson
    - Tony Terlazzo
    - Joseph Thaler
    - Herman Weinsoff
    - Charles Whitlock    		John GrimekJohn Grimek won the "Most Muscular" subdivision as well as the overall title

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    Friday, September 05, 2008

  • The One-Arm Snatch


    • The one-arm snatch as demonstrated by Olympic Weightlifting Champion Tony Terlazzo. From left to right:

    1. Setting up for the pull (Note position of off-hand)

    2. Pulling the arm high enough to quickly drop under and begin the squat

    3. The followthrough - stand up with the weight to complete the lift.

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