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Kong

Posted on Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 by John Wood

The man known only as Kong, who claimed to have the world’s strongest neck, lifts 502 pounds. Another unusual feat of strength which he performed was having a partner smash bricks laying on his neck with a sledge hammer. Interestingly, “Kong” was also a vegetarian.

Albert Maes’ Strong Neck

Posted on Saturday, August 13th, 2016 by John Wood

Albert Maes, Belgian weightlifter and strongman shows his stuff with this VERY impressive feat: a combination of handbalancing and platform lifting. Considering that’s got to be close to half a ton, being supported, that’s a pretty strong neck.

Sargent’s Head Lifting Machine

Posted on Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 by John Wood

The Head Lifting Machine

When Dudley Allen Sargent became the physical director of Harvard University’s famed Hemenway Gymnasium, he wanted to make sure the student body was as well-rounded as possible in their development.

Henceforth, Sargent devised several unique “machines” which could be used to fill in the gaps in areas that the conventional equipment of the day could not address (equally true today and the very same rational justification for any device which solves a problem or provides an advantage.)

One of the more interesting examples can be seen at the right, this “head lifting” machine offered a method for strengthening the neck and upper-back in a progressive and systematic manner. This was the first dedicated machine to building neck strength ever created, clearly it was under stood that this was an important area.

Neck training is, of course, down-played or ignored in many modern programs which is a real shame since it is certainly no less important today than it was back then.

“Old Joe” Taylor

Posted on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 by John Wood

“Old Joe” Taylor of Hamilton, Ontario does a bit of Neck Training. He was the only man in the whole city able to perform the feat shown here: lifting a 250-pound block of stone with his neck in this manner. “Old Joe” was 70 years old at the time, stood 5’6″ and weighed only 118 pounds. We’ll cover a few of Joe’s other amazing strength feats at a later date. Also: note the Grimek picture on the wall of old Joe’s Gym.