Tag: Tokyo Japan

Gary Cleveland

Posted on Thursday, February 25th, 2016 by John Wood

Gary Cleveland, 2-time Senior National Champion weightlifter, York Man, strength author an all-around nice guy is shown here placing 5th in the 82.5 kg class at the 1964 Olympic games held in Tokyo, Japan. Cleveland was a very good presser.

He went on to write a number of training articles for several different publications and also self-published a successful newsletter called The Avian Movement Advocate which was devoted to many different facets of strength training, philosophy and physical culture.

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Tokyo Police Force Training

Posted on Tuesday, November 11th, 2014 by John Wood

In 1956, 19-year old Kazuhiko Nakadaiji won the Mr. Japan title in a nationwide contest. Greatly impressed with his development, Tokyo police Chief Katsuki Takayanagi hired Nakadaiji to help train his officers and help to build strength for judo. Barbells were limited but calisthenics and bodyweight movements offered a way to allow a large group of people to train at once. Elevated pushups are also, of course,  just as effective today as they are back then and a fine addition to any program.

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Hans Zdrazila

Posted on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 by John Wood

They say a picture is worth a thousand words… if you are paying attention to this one, your take away should be that the overhead dumbbell press is an exercise worth adding to your training. Core strength? Yeah, you can see his abs through his shirt. The man at the other end of those awesome dumbbells is Hans Zdrazila, Czechoslovakian weightlifter who took home the gold medal in the middleweight class at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan (with a 445.5 kg total, btw).