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"They Called Him The WIZARD of Weightlifting... "
And He Can Add a Little *Magic*
to Your Training Program
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If you are a fan of oldtime lifting you've probably heard the name William A. Pullum, but let me tell you
a few things about him that you probably didn't know...
His childhood was marked by sickness and disease - you name an affliction and young Pullum probably had it...
But at the age of 17 something happened which changed the course of his life forever. He had a chance to
watch the famous "Saxon Trio" perform and he was so gripped by their performance of
incredible strength feats that he decided then and there to build up his own strength.
Young Pullum looked up William Slade, a local weightlifting hero who agreed to teach him how to use physical culture
to develop health and strength. Under Slade's tutelage, the once weak and frail Pullum soon began to grow stronger.
In fact after a year of training, and at a bodyweight of only 8 stone (that's 112 pounds) William Pullum performed
a 2-hands-anyhow lift of 204 pounds, a record at that bodyweight.
With this lift, people began to sit up and take notice.
Shortly afterwards he was instrumental in the establishment
of the British Amateur Weight Lifter's Association (BAWLA) which kept the official records
on 42 different lifts.
Pullum's Two Secrets...
Of course, physical training has always been and should always be a part of every program, but as Young Pullum
learned early on in his career brute strength alone didn't always lead to the biggest lifts...Oh, "STRENGTH" is
certainly important, but Pullum realized there was something more...
It was skill - skill and great strength was how champions were made...and Pullum made his
technique in each of the 42 BAWLA lifts razor-sharp.
Over the course of his career William Pullum set nearly 200 records, which earned him the nickname "The Wizard of Weightlifting"
- and the reputation as one of the greatest teachers in all of strength training.
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W.A Pullum - Left Arm Snatch
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Now Step into the Time Machine and Learn from the Master Himself
Pullum was a Weightlifting Champion many times over, and soon his list of students who won similar successes
began to stretch far and wide. "Pullum's Pupils," as they came to be known, broke record after record...
In the mid-1920's Pullum wrote two classic training books outlining not only some of his methods and how to correctly
perform all of the 42 BAWLA Lifts but also the exact training routines that many of his star pupils used.
And now, thanks to well-known strength historian Bill Hinbern, you can now learn directly from the master himself with
high-quality reprints of Pullum's two classic training books: | |
How to Use a Barbell by W.A. Pullum
Originally published in 1925, this is a modern reprint of the 2nd revised and expanded edition, published in 1932.
Chapters include:
1. Introduction by the author
2. Muscular Development
3. Great Strength
4. Corrective Exercises
5. Strength, Speed and Balance Exercises
6. Advice on Training
7. Examples of Excellence
8. Specimen Training Courses (6 Different Routines)
9. Techniques of the recognized lifts
The highlights of this excellent training book are the incredibly detailed how-to pictures and
explanations as well as the exact training routines of 6 of Pullum's Champion Pupils.
5 l/2" x 8 l/2" trade paperback with over 61 pages and 25 photographs
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How to Use a Barbell by W.A. Pullum | |
Weightlifting Made Easy and
Interesting by W.A. Pullum
Originally published in England in 1926, this reprinted version is the revised and expanded
7th edition from 1939.
Pullum's second book is divided into three sections:
Part I is an autobiography of Pullum and tells of his sickly youth, his
introduction to physical training, his hand is establishing the
British Amateur Weight-Lifter's Association and listings of his many records and triumphs.
Part II in an incredibly detailed treatise on all 42 of the
BAWLA Standard Lifts. Every lift is defined, explained
and analyzed. It includes how-to pictures show showing correct starting positions,
technique hints, and errors or reasons for disqualification.
Part III deals with the biographies of some of the author's
champion pupils and success stories who all show incredible development in the days
before supplements and fancy training techniques became en vogue.
5" x 7-1/2" trade paperback with 163 pages and over 70 photographs
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Weightlifting Made Easy and
Interesting by W.A. Pullum
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Whether you are a fan of oldtime strongmen, or want to learn exactly how to start bringing
many of the oldtime lifts into your modern routine, William Pullum's two classic books will be a
welcome addition to your strength library - order both of them below.
Train hard,
John Wood
The William Pullum Collection (2 books) - $34.99 + $8 S&H -
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