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

my fixed barbell consisting of the axle and flywheels. I had a smaller axle taken from one of the cars, as well as various gears from gearboxes we had disassembled, and used these as an adjustable barbell. I filled various pails with sand from the beach, which was convenient, or with concrete, and weighted them. I even had a selection of metal pails of various weights that resembled the kettlebells I had seen in Strength and Health, Young Mr. America and Muscle Power magazines, which were all the forerunners to Muscle and Fitness and the various Weider muscle publications that came much later. In retrospect, I had a pretty good variety of resistance that allowed me to progressively become stronger. This really was the start for me. I actually had pretty good results by the time I was around 13. I was very small. I was short and I was thin, but I was all wire. Actually, in conjunction with working in my father’s iron shop and on the back of his truck, I was ex ceptionally strong for my size. I received a phone call a number of years ago from the grand son of my high school football coach, who was entering the fitness business at that time.

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