Are Your Eyes Open When You Faint

Steve Hoffman Stanko

Steve Stanko was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey in 1918. After watching John Grimek, in 1936 winning the National Seniors, Stanko begins to relate to weight training, but always related to the sport from young to prove themselves in football where he possibly had been a brilliant career. But luckily for us, lovers of the strength and bodybuilding, is dedicated to the weights. Shortly after beginning his training and had managed to lift 80 kilos in press, 80 in Snatch or torn, and approximately 112 kilos in the clean & press. There are three movements that will shape the way they train throughout his career, and are also the movements that the April 19, 1941 it would be taken to be remembered as the first man in these surveys classical, broke the mythical mark of 1000 pounds, which would be about 450 kilos (in total). About their training, Osmo Kiiha said was always in these three movements, brutal training, even with a ridiculous extent and requiring background, like a true athlete passionate. It also that on one occasion, I get to perform 12 consecutive repetitions clean & press with about 167 kilos. Among his qualifications obtained both in the field of bodybuilding and in the surveys can be named:

- North American Olympic Weightlifting Champion, Heavyweight Class, 1938, 1939, 1940

- Second place, 1938 World Championships

- The first man to break the barrier of 1000 pounds.

and as a bodybuilder, in 1944 won the Junior Mr America - AAU and Mr Amèrica - AAU. In 1946 in the high category wins the award for the most muscular man and is second overall in 1947 and finally won the Mr. Universe.

Physically incredibly accomplished, Steve Stanko was cover several times of Strength & Health magazine. Shortly after breaking a memorable brand, leaving the world of upheaval due to thrombophlebitis affecting the backs of your legs. But despite his condition did not stop shining in the field of bodybuilding but prevented train their legs. In a classical training and more dedicated to bodybuilding, Steve performed between movements, twenty-four series of press plane with about 90 kilos and dumbbell curl and press between 22 and 27 kilos for twenty repetitions. Movements like the latter performed sitting on a bench to not involve the lower body. All this shows the level of effort and passion that ruled these titans of training and impressive accomplishments, that beyond all difficulties to become a reference and inspiration to countless generations of athletes. Finally, on January 4, 1979, Steve Stanko died due to severe pulmonary complication that could not be controlled. Bibliography

consulted: Steve Stanko champion of champions, Osmo Kiiha
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What Color Goes With Parsimmon

Historical Appendix: "Louis Cyr"

This time, I will realize it is a kind of historical appendix, where I will go back in time to write about the story of a man , "the strongest in history," say Ben Weider, Louis Cyr. In search of representatives in the history of bodybuilding and strength, I omitted to Cyr almost arbitrarily, and was Alejandro Yebra, iberosudamericano champion, Argentina, (in my opinion one of the best bodybuilders Argentina), who some time ago I noted the absence Louis Cyr in what I try to be a brief introduction to the history of bodybuilding (basically) and strength sports, and it is true, can not be absent Cyr.

Cyprien-Noé Cyr, son of a French-Canadian family, was born October 11, 1863 in St. Cyprien in Napierville, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is about 12 when he started to work in a kind of mill and a farm, where power and abilities drew the attention of other workers. In relation to his family, his mother, with 120 kilos, had a height of approximately 1.85 meters and her father, with 118 kilos, an impressive 1.92 meters tall. Despite discussions about its proportions, one can say that Cyr did not inherit the height his mother and grandfather, but rather, with an average height of 1.75 to 1.78, weighed about 132 kilos. On the paternal side, his grandfather Pierre Cyr, was also a Strongman, Cyr incentive also during his youth. Is 17 years old when he began his career as Strongman, at 18 he enters his first contest in which he raised a horse from the ground successfully. Cyr is in 1882 when he married a girl named Melina Courtois, obtaining at that time working as a lumberjack but later became a policeman in 1883. The troupe Cyr, was the name of his own show, where he produced impressive demonstrations of strength and where it began to be more known for his work with the public and his skill as a man who would be the strongest of Canada. In 1885 he quit his job as a police officer and began a tour with a band together with other athletes (tour organized by Gustave Lambert). In 1886 Cyr wins the title of "Canada's Strongest Man", beating David Michaud (who was then the strongest man in the country) in a match that up with one hand Cyr bar 98 kilos and 1075 kilos on his back. In 1888 Cyr, buy a tavern where he also acts of force for their clients. But his aim was to demonstrate his strength against the world and be the strongest man. Throughout his life was involved in several shows of Vaudeville and toured Canada, United States and in Europe where not having found a rival who wants to challenge him and then with a reputation second to none, Louis Cyr leaves no doubt about who was the strongest man in the world.

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In 1912, at age 49 Louis Cyr died due to what is currently known as chronic nephritis. Despite being an athlete's strength was not careful with the amount of food ingested and hence its weight, and this led to an unhealthy situation for which he had to leave the environment of competition and demonstrations force in 1900. Undoubtedly, Cyr was an extremely important person in the history of force and his country, where today the reputation of French-Canadian lifters is flawless. A district of Montreal is named in honor of Louis Cyr. Today there is a statue of Cyr at the Place des Hommes-Forts "and" the Musée de la Civilisation "in the city of Quebec.

by Robert Pelletier

Among his most famous acts of force can be noted for having built a platform on his back with 18 people, lifting a finger, if one finger 227 kilos. Cyr was also broke the record of Sandow lifting in bent press 124 kilos. But one of his most famous acts undoubtedly was to control the pull of four horses, two on each side clinging to his arms.

Additional Bibliography: Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online