I just ran across this in the September 1973
issue of Iron Man Magazine. Take a look:
"...One of the most unfortunate mistakes that people
often make is to believe that a product,an idea, a
cause, or a system is superior simply because it is
new. Now, certainly progress has been made in many
areas during the past 20 to 40 years, but (for good
or bad) there are many things that actually have not
improved primarily because a "better" way just doesn't
exist and the old - or already existing way - is
actually the "best"..."
That was the introduction to "Old Gold" by Bradley J.
Steiner in the aforementioned issue of Iron Man magazine.
The calendar on the wall tells me that's around 35 years
ago - and it's no less true today that it was when it was
written.
Keep that in mind when the new super-duper upside-down
space age wonder course comes out. Meanwhile, if you
want to read for yourself how "little" some things physical training have changed, I suggest another look at
Arthur Saxon's two great books, written in 1906 and
1911 respectively (the two oldest books we feature.)
Train hard,
John Wood
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The Development of
Physical Power (1906)
The Textbook of
Weight Lifting (1911)
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