Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Training for GotchGeorge Hackenshmidt drew a crowd while in training to face Frank Gotch for the second time, in Chicago in 1911. Hack is shown here building his neck strength with the the wrestler's bridge. His training partners Dr. Benjamin Roller and Gus 'Americus' Schoenlein, look on.
Labels: Americus, Barbell, Benjamin Roller, Build Neck Strength, Frank Gotch, George Hackenschmidt, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt, Gus Schoenlein, Neck Bridge, Neck Exercise, Wrestlers Bridge
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Ell Darden Neck TrainingLike many young trainees, Ellington Darden wanted to build size and strength, but unlike many of his peers, he wanted a bigger neck to go with a bigger pair of big arms. Throughout junior high and high school, he focused specifically on his neck work, primarily using the wreslter's bridge and a Neck Helmet. He continued this neck program in college, which was ecpecially important while playing football. It paid off... When he graduated from Baylor University in 1966, Ell sported a genuine 18-inch neck, at a bodyweight of 215 pounds.
Labels: Build Neck Strength, Ellington Darden, Neck Development, Neck Helmet, Neck Training, Wrestlers Bridge
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Monday, June 01, 2009
 The Wrestler's Bridge Pullover and Press | Here's a pretty good exercise for building neck strength that you won't see much any more: the wrestler's bridge pullover and press. Jim Murray, managing editor of Strength and Health Magazine is shown here performing the lift with a 200 pound York set. It was reported that he was able to go up as high as 250 pounds on this lift, a very impressive accomplishment. |
Labels: Barbell Lift, Bent-Arm Pullover, Bridge Press, Build Neck Strength, Jim Murray, Neck Bridge, Neck Exercise, Pullover and Press, Strength and Health, Wrestlers Bridge, York Barbell Club t-shirt
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Sunday, March 08, 2009
Muscle Builder Magazine Volume 2, No. 1, September, 1924Lionel Strongfort on the cover of the Sepember, 1924 issue of Macfadden's Muscle Builder Magazine. This issue included articles on boxing and wrestling, as well as abdominal training and the wrestler's bridge.
Labels: Abdominal Training, Bernarr Macfadden, Cover, Lionel Strongfort, Muscle Builder, Muscle Builder Magazine, Muscle Magazine, Wrestlers Bridge
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
The Wrestler's BridgeThe wrestler's bridge is a great exercise, but it isn't for everyone. Regardless, one of the areas that you should pay particular attention to building is the strength of your neck. Here's the course that taught me how to bridge correctly: Combat Conditioning.
Labels: Bodyweight Exercise, Neck Exercise, Neck Strength, Wrestlers Bridge
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
The Wrestler's BridgeThe Wrestler's Bridge is and can be a very good exercise for developing neck strength. You must first master your own bodyweight before moving on the the weighted version that this Japanese wrestler is demonstrating.
Labels: Bodyweight Exercise, Bodyweight Feat, Physical Training, Wrestlers Bridge, Wrestling Exercise
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Friday, February 15, 2008
 Jack Walsh's Bridging Feat | The great strongman Jack Walsh from New Jersey performed some very unique feats of strength over the years. Here he holds 300 pounds in the wrestler's bridge position -- he claimed to have once held 520 pounds like this! |
Labels: Barbell, Feat, Jack Walsh, Oldtime Strongman Feat, Wrestlers Bridge
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Friday, December 07, 2007
| Farmer Burns built his neck strength to such an advanced level that he could literally "hang" himself with a noose, including the drop, -- and live. That's pretty intense as this rare photograph shows (DO NOT try this at home.) His theory was simple -- one of the most important physical training goals of any combat athlete is to build the neck to the point that no one can choke you out. The "Old Farmer" built up his neck strength with his favorite exercise: The Wrestler's Bridge |  Farmer Burns: The Hangman's Drop |
Labels: Combat Athlete, Farmer Burns, Neck Strength, Wrestlers Bridge
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