Training Methodologies of the 1960's by Dr. Ken E. Leistner

I was one of those compulsive kids who was very much a loner and who realized that weight training, despite the lack of information and the lack of public acceptance, was some thing that could be a very enjoyable activity. The repetitive nature of the activity intrigued me and didn’t bore me as it did most of the other kids. Once I had my truck axle and flywheels, I began to train on a regular basis, aug mented with a lot of running and walking both on the beach and on the streets. Now prior to the jogging craze of the mid-60s, anytime a young fellow was seen jogging or running on the streets, he’d invariably would be stopped by the police, pulled to the side walk and asked what he was doing. In the first few months, I was told running would be the pri mary exercise necessary to become a good football player. The gentleman who told me this was Eddie Price, who was a racetrack buddy of my father’s, a running back for the New York Giants and a former All-American running back at Tu lane University. Coming from an authority such as he, this was something I pursued with great vigor. I ran constantly.

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