H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports Archives

Apollo (Mr. W. Bankier)

When the amazing Norbert Scheniansky established his new,:st world record 
snatch lift in Detroit last April 28th, he also attempted to ecl~pse Paul Ander­
son's U.S. press record by attempting the world-record equall.,ng poundage of 
410 pounds. Here's how close he came! Photo by Loren Albright. 
self, only living today, and that's why he can 
handle the modern weightlifters. You just 
don't build real hand and forearm power do­
ing the three lifts or bodybuilding. Mac lifts 
barrels, bends, twists things and does all the 
old time feats which arc not popular today. 
Even among the real old !fmers I don't think 
more than a handful could turn Batchelor 
down, but it seems that a few could have. " 
namely: Apollon, Cyr, Marx, Barre, Goerner. 
If Hepburn would train for arm-wrestling he 
would have a good chance to beat Batchelor. 
I don 't see how these men could have missed, 
and you might add more men to the list. such 
as Saxon, etc. I read how Marx used to clean 
a pair of 120's which had handles over 9" in 
circumference and which were wrapped with 
tin foil to make them even larger. It is said 
that only about two men ever lifted one even 
a fraction of an inch off the ground. Leon See 
was one who did. Of course you know how 
few strong men can lift Cyr's dumbell loaded 
at 202 off the ground, and I read where load­
ed to 244 everyone at a Mr. Canada contest 
failed completely, and how Cyr used to carry 
it like a satchel and without any sign of strain. 
I admire Mac Batchelor more than almost all 
the weight lifters except Hepburn and An­
derson. My favorites are in order: Hepburn, 
Anderson, Batchelor. Batchelor wrote that 
much of his toughest competition comes from 
men who are not weight lifters, but who 
work hard using their hands. 
Enclosed find $5. for an order of Super 
Protein. When you get results from a product 
you always come back for more. Sincerely, JW 
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Norbert Schemansky has just become the out­

standing lifter of the world by wiwling the 

"Sportsman of the World" title as· detailed 

in the text of Readers Roundup. 

Escondido Athletic Club of Escondido, Calif., 

a town of 10,000 people demonstrates that 

health studio can flourish in a small town as 

well as in a large city. It is operated by 

Norman Wright who tells us about a new bi­
ceps exercise at right. 

Norman Wright of Escondido Athletic Club 
writes, "I have made' a discovery of a new 
method of performing the curl that gives 
amazing results. I'd like you to try it out and 
if you think it has merit you may publish it 
for other readers. A fair trial of this method 
will prove its value for it will work the biceps 
as they have never been worked before. In 
doing the curl you should use It shoulder 
width grip on the bar as in regular curl. Now 
as you curl you should keep the bar in con­
tact with the body all the way up, then as 
YOll lower the weight yO)! again keep the bar 
rubbing the body all the way down. As you 
lower the weight you open the hands out and 
as you curl it up you close them up. A three 
set non-stop system should be used and drop 
the weight of bar about 20 pounds for each 
set. We also try to do tllis exercise two or 
three times during a workout session of 
specialized work. (Editor"~ Note: We have 
tried this curl system and find it very effective 
and would like to hear from others who work 
on it.) 


When the amazing Norbert Schemansky

Mind and Muscle

Adlai Loudy

Weight Lifting-The way to Health

Four Poses of Apollon

Physical Culture: Concerning Our Critics

Human Development and Art

strong machine, chest developer, illustrations & explanation of exercise

New Macfadden Exerciser

Mr. Gilman I.ow, the Artist and Athlete, 

Instructor of Physical Culture 

Society in Boston 



The Artist and Athlete

South London Records

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