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Bobby Pandour

Posted on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 by John Wood

One of the all-time great physiques belonged to Bobby Pandour of Poland. He was an excellent at muscle control as well as hand balancing so much so that he performed an act with his brother Ludovic in the Ringling Brothers Circus in the early 1900’s. The Pandour Brothers also headlined as “The Herculean Marvels” coast-to-coast on the Vaudeville circuit.

Otto Arco

Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 by John Wood

Otto Arco on the cover of the November, 1925 issue of Bernarr MacFadden’s Muscle Builder Magazine. In 1907, Arco became the second man in the world to hoist double bodyweight overhead with a 278-1/2 pound lift at 138 pound of bodyweight. He was also the first to one hand snatch over bodyweight with a 145-pound lift. Arco was a great wrestler, gymnast and hand balancer. He and his brother Pete performed with several different circuses in the US and abroad. Arco achieved his tremendous form through a variety of training methods, traditional weight lifting, gymnastics and Muscle Control.

Stanley Radwan

Posted on Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 by John Wood

A look at Polish Strongman and Cleveland, Ohio legendStanley Radwan and a horseshoe that he just broke in his powerful hands. Geez, look at those mitts. Most likely this was taken when Radwan served in the Navy.