The S&C Resource for Old Time Training Styles and Lifting - Classic Strength & Power

[redbeard]

The S+C resource for everything related to Old Time training styles and lifting in all disciplines -

Weightlifting
Strongman
Powerlifting
Throwing

Back when lifting was in its infancy, there was no time wasted on internet forums and more time spent lifting iron. Here we can learn from those who walked before us and garnered more experience/pain/gains than the majority of us ever will.


Websites -

The Tight Tan Slacks of Dezso Ban (probably the best resource for old time articles)
Anthony Ditillo
Starting Strength Articles (newer articles written by some of the greats)
Old Time Strongman
Sandow Plus (loads of info on pre barbell era)
Sportivny Press (horrible to navigate)
Iron History Forums
History of Olympic Weightlifting
Chaos and Pain (some good old school articles scattered through here)


Videos -

Weightlifting Videos -

Polish Weightlifting - 10 Minute Video
Polish Weightlifting - 10 Part Series

Russian Slow Motion Clean & Jerk

1940 USA Championship
1954 World Weightlifting Championships
1955 Moscow Weightlifting Competition (inc. Tommy Kono & Paul Anderson)
1962 82kg Lifters
1962 90kg+ Lifters
1962-1964 Olympic Weightlifting
1966 WWC 82.5kg Lifters - Press & Snatch
1966 WWC 90kg Lifters
1969 World Superheavyweights

Vasily Alexeev Documentary

Serge Redding Press 502lbs
Vasily Alexeev Press 507lbs

Ken Patera C&J 212.5kg

Doug Hepburn Press 380lbs - 1954

Norbert Schemansky Continental C&J 200kg - 1954

John Davis C&J 182kg
John Davis Original Apollons Wheels - 1949

Strength Training Videos -

Paul Anderson
Training Video
Clean & Push Press - 1956
Clean & Push Press 435lbs
One Arm Press 300lbs
Deadlift

1977 World Powerlifting Championships (gold mine, especially part 3 about Doug Young)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

1980 World Seies of Powerlifting
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Ricky Bruch Documentary
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9

Jon Pall Sigmarsson Documentary
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11

Dr. Squat Series
Part 1
Part 2

Pumping Iron


Routines & Articles -

Breathing Squats
John McCallum Original 20 Rep Squat Routine
20 Rep Squat Variations
Breathing Squats

Russia
Routines
Smolov Squat Routine
- Smolov Calculator
Smolov Jr. for Bench
- Smolov Jr. Calculator
Sheiko Routines
Russian Squat Routine
Article on Russian Squat Routine
Articles
Weightlifting Methodology

Bill Starr
Articles
5x5 Routine

Doug Hepburn
Routines
Hepburn Solution for Strength & Power
Power & Pump Routines
Extreme Powerbuilding
Articles
Poliquin on Hepburn
Comparison of Hepburn & Anderson

Bob Hoffman, the York Barbell
Company, and the Golden Age of American Weightlifting, 1945-1960

John Grimek
Developing a Spacious Chest Part 1
Developing a Spacious Chest Part 2

Norbert Schemansky
Routine

Bob Peoples
Bob Peoples' Article

Bruce Lee
The Lethal Physique of Bruce Lee


Books -

Super Strength Training (one of the most comprehensive lists on old time training books and manuals)
The Golden Age of Iron Men (list of manuals mainly from pre barbell era)


P.M. me if you have relevant info that can be added.

 

[redbeard]

reserved

 

[LZD]

Absolute treasure trove. Thanks!

 

[Pearse Shields]

Amazing. Thanks for putting this together, redbeard.

 

[squat]

Sweet, thanks captain.

 

[samb867]

I was about to leave the house when I saw all this. God dammit.

 

[Kinglee]

Subscribed. Thanks man

 

[RedNeckJiuJitsu]

Very nice. I know I'll never get through even half of it.

 

[BossRoss]

Treasure trove, thanks Red

 

[redbeard]

Updated with Smolov/Sheiko/Breathing Squat routines & others.

 

[CRZA]

these are great dude, thanks.

 

[casperthegst]

Wow those press videos are impressive.

 

[redbeard]

watching ricky bruch docu again so here's a bump

 

[CRZA]

Ricky bruch is boss. Dat power curl
And his girlfriend had to be one of the hottest women ever

 

[MilkManUK]

Missed this thread the first time around. Glad it's been bumped. Got lots to watch and read on my nightshifts now.

 

[ironwolf]

Awesome thread, glad somebody dug it up.

Brooks Kubik is another guy to check out, He wrote the dinosaur training manual which Is basically a manual about how to get into old school type stuff. Lots of heavy singles, double, triples. Also lots of lifts starting from the bottom position. Cool stuff. I got the book if anybody wants it.

 

[zapataxiv]

wow this thread is amazing they should sticky this or something so it dosent get buried again

 

[KnightTemplar]

Outstanding work, Redbeard. Very interested in Doug Hepburn's routine. Anyone here used it?

 

[JauntyAngle]

Outstanding work, Redbeard. Very interested in Doug Hepburn's routine. Anyone here used it?

IIRC, Cratos used it for some time.

 

[toonie]

Also if you dig up past poster MeatPlow's log, he used hepburn for a long time.