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George Jagendorfer Gives Two Buddies a Lift

Posted on Friday, June 11th, 2021 by John Wood

George Jagendorfer gives two buddies a lift, circa 1880. You figure that a very conservative estimate of their bodyweights would be around 150 lbs. so this is a pretty impressive overhead support.

Yet Another Way to Lift a Horse

Posted on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 by John Wood

George Jagendorfer demonstrates one of the many ways that he lifted a horse while performing for Hengler’s Circus in the 1890’s. You have to have a pretty strong set of choppers for this one.

George Jagendorfer

Posted on Saturday, December 20th, 2014 by John Wood

Austrian strength athlete George Jagendorfer, shown here circa 1898 during the period where he performed with the Ringling Bros. Circus, was a very popular strongman and one third of the Osman Trio. Even if you weren’t sure what year this shot was taken you could easily date it due to Jagendorfer’s impressive forearms. This was a characteristic that most strongmen who were active before 1900 all had in common thanks to heavy cleans and other dynamic pulling movements performed with thick, non-rotating barbells.