These 4 Classic Training Courses show you unusual exercises, training tips, workout ideas, feats of the old timers and the methods to
build your own set of "mighty mitts"
An "iron grip and powerful forearms" were essential to an Oldtime Strongman for what should be some very obvious reasons: you can't bend a horseshoe, rip a deck of cards, or tear
a phone book in half if you don't have strong hands. This is also a big factor in why many of the oldtime strongmen were well known for their
unbelievable grip strength - and why many of their records in that department still stand to this day. Now you can learn exactly how to do it too,
directly from the greatest strong men themselves with our Classic Grip Course Collection.
Each of these authors has the credentials to help you build the strongest hands around:
"Developing the Grip and Forearm" by Thomas Inch
"Developing the Grip and Forearm" by Thomas Inch (1930)
Thomas Inch was Britain's strongest youth at 16, the first official Britain's Strongest Man and
at one time had the largest physical fitness correspondence school in Great Britain, but
in oldtime strength circles, the name Thomas Inch is recognized above all else for one thing - grip strength.
His "unliftable" Challenge Dumbbell has defied thousands of strong men over the last hundred years
(and still does today). Many a strength athlete tried but failed to break it off the ground...
After many years and numerous requests, Inch finally decided to put in writing the methods by which he
had developed his incredible levels of grip and forearm strength.
So here it is,
once again made available to the potential "grip masters" of the strength world. If
the lifting of heavy weights is your goal, don't let an inadequate grip stand in
your way! This book will strengthen the weak link between you and record poundages.
Fully illustrated, soft cover, and 8 1/2" x 11" in size.
"Iron Claws: Grip Development and Bench Press Course"
by Michael H. Brown (1974)
A rare and extremely hard-to-find training course full of valuable and result producing
information - now available once again. In the early 1970's Mike Brown set out
to bench press maximum weights using a unique partial range of motion training program that he designed.
The weights grew heavier and one day Brown sprained his wrist with over 600 lbs. on the bar.
Iron Claws by Michael H. Brown
He realized then
and there that if his bench press was going to get any stronger, his wrists and forearms would need to follow suit.
The result is "Iron Claws: Grip Development and Bench Press Course".
This extremely interesting
training course first appeared in 1974 among the many unusual titles in The Madison Co.
book catalogue. Few copies were printed and even fewer were sold but now you can benefit from this
course in the high-quality modern reprint.
You'll learn about how the oldtimers developed 16" forearms and enormous coin bending grip strength,
the author's special wrist roller, rack rebounders for heavy bench pressing, training in mud, and a variety of
other unique training ideas.
"How to Develop a Powerful Grip" by Edward Aston
Edward Aston is certainly qualified to teach you how to build a strong grip - He was
The World's Middle-weight Weightlifting Champion, British Heavy-weight Champion Weightlifter,
and Britain's Strongest Man from 1911-1934 (he retired undefeated.)
"How to Develop a Powerful Grip by Edward Aston" (1946)
Aston knew full well that stronger hands meant greater strength everywhere else and in 1946 wrote
this treatise teaching on how he did so throughout his colorful strongman stage career.
Sit back and read about the pet feats of grip strength of such notable grip masters as: Caswell,
Vansittart "The Man with the Iron Grip", Breitbart, Marx, Topham, Samson, Tolson, Fox, Sandow,
Inch, etc.
All in all, this publication is not only very informative but entertaining as well.
It will provide you with exercises that can not be found anywhere else.
Get a copy and add it
to your grip training library, you'll be glad you did! Fully illustrated, soft cover, and 8 l/2 x 11 in size.
"Molding a Mighty Grip" by George Jowett (1930)
This booklet was first published as part of George Jowett's "Molding" library and
features one of Jowett's specialties - grip and forearm training.
Formerly a blacksmith and chain maker by trade, Jowett
developed powerful hands, 8 1/4" wrists, 15 1/4" muscular forearms, and 17 3/4" upper
arms making his incredible feats of grip strength legendary.
"Molding a Mighty Grip" by George Jowett
His most famous feat was that of
lifting a 168 lb. anvil by the horn to shoulder height and pressing it with one hand!
Alan Calvert, founder of Milo Barbell Co., referred to Jowett as the most scientific weightlifter in America.
This booklet describes Jowett's unique exercises for developing each digit of the hands and
turning them into "iron claws."
In addition, Jowett reminisces about many of the famous old-time
strongmen and their specialty feats of grip strength. A great book available once again for the
truly serious student of grip strength. Get a copy today and start training your grip the way
the great George F. Jowett trained his! Fully illustrated, soft cover, and 8 l/2 x 11 in size.
If you are familiar with Jowett's writings, you know he has a style all his own and
this installment does not disappoint.
It took these old time strongmen decades to develop their unique training methods - now you have them all at your fingertips in these
four incredible courses. Read - learn - then build super strength!
Train hard,
John Wood
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