Rob (@vintageweightspgh) and Mark (@deadliestlift) dive into some of the wackiest lifts in history.

Links

Rob and Jason dive into the history of the cable pulley system, discuss the story of the Universal Pulley System, and MORE.

https://barbend.com/history-of-weight-machines/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmSlyw5BipJ/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnS50Vll3oU/

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/first-gym-machines-zander/

https://youtu.be/T3OY1GPriUA

https://physicalculturestudy.com/2020/01/31/james-chiossos-polymachinon/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/gustav-zander-victorian-era-exercise-machines-bowflex-180957758/

Rob and Shaun dive deep into the history of clubs and maces.

Find Rawform Strength

Rob & C.T. Fletcher dive deep into pig iron and cover much of C.T's history with weights.

Jen Thompson jumped on the podcast to discuss getting into powerlifting, setting world records, coming back after children, her home gym, and much more!

Matt Vincent joined Rob at HomeGymCon to discuss building out his home gym, his experiences in the Highland Games, the history of the Highland Games, dealing with injuries, and Not Dead Yet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_games

https://www.scotland.org/events/highland-games/about-highland-games

https://youtu.be/gYzbdHck-aY

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/history-scottish-highland-games-1476223

https://unitedscotsok.com/blog/history-of-the-scottish-highland-games

During HomeGymCon, Matt Wenning engages with Rob in a conversation about various topics, including conjugate lifting, welding, breaking records, Westside Barbell's craziness, and many other interesting subjects.

Rob sits down with Jedd "Napalm" Johnson to discuss how he got into competitive grip strength, feats of grip strength with some historical context, old-time strongman type of stuff, and the upcoming nationals.

References:

Dinosaur Training by Brooks Kubick

Mastery of Hand Strength by John Brookfield

Adam from Garage Gym Lab joins the podcast to chat about the history of the preacher curl.

Support Adam and Rob by purchasing the Preacher Pad through this link: https://bit.ly/3oJwjsa

Sources

https://www.skimble.com/exercises/14009-arm-blaster-curl-how-to-do-exercise

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