Alexander Zass - The Amazing Samson

POSES TO SHOW THE THICKNESS OF HIS CHEST INCIDENTALLY A MASSIVE ARM AND NECK. WITH A FOREWORD BY
W.A. PULLUM9-ST. CHAMPION WEIGHT-LIFTER OF THE WORLD DISCLAIMER

The exercises and advice contained within this book is foreducational and entertainment purposes only. The exercisesdescribed may be too strenuous or dangerous for some people,and the reader should consult with a physician before engagingin any of them.

The author and publisher of this book are not responsible in anymanner whatsoever for any injury, which may occur through theuse or misuse of the information presented here.

The Amazing Samson originally published in 1926

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I N presenting to the physical culture public the lifestory of TheAmazing Samson a remarkable narrative of a remarkable man thePublishers have felt that such a story would be incomplete withoutsome mention was made of other famous strong men who, from time totime, have appeared in this country, and in their selection of Mr. W. A.Pullum as chronicler they consider they have discovered the right man.

Mr. Pullum's supplements to this book are, undoubtedly, amongthe most noteworthy of his contributions to physical culture literature.In Strong Men Over the Years he has succeeded in compiling arecord of strong men and their feats as entertaining as it is reliable,whilst his invited commentary on Samson's astounding performancesand methods is both masterly and singularly generous.

In addition to his literary ability, Mr. Pullman is himself anathlete of considerable distinction, having won fifteen Championshipsat weight-lifting, fifty gold medals, and created and broken close ontwo hundred official world's and British weight-lifting records. Furtherto these personal successes, he has trained a great number of strongmen, most of the British weight-lifting champions and record holders ofthe past fourteen years having graduated as his pupils.

PAGEF OREWORD : S TRONG M EN O VER THE Y EARS . By W.A.
Pullum...............................................................................9T HE A MAZING S AMSON : H IS L IFE S TORY , AS T OLD BY H IMSELF :

P ART I. C HAPTER I..............................................................72
HAPTER II.............................................................80
HAPTER III............................................................89
HAPTER IV............................................................94
HAPTER II.............................................................118
HAPTER III............................................................128

T HE A MAZING S AMSON P OSES TO S HOW THE T HICKNESS OF
HIS C HEST I NCIDENTALLY A M ASSIVE A RM AND N ECK FrontispieceW. A. P ULLUM ...............................................................8T HE C ELEBRATED E UGEN S ANDOW AS HE A PPEARED WHEN AT THE Z ENITH OF HIS C AREER ..........................................22T HE F AMOUS A RTHUR S AXON T RIO H ERMANN , K URT ,S AMSON P OSES TO S HOW A R EMARKABLE D EPTH OF C HEST ,I NDICATIVE OF E NORMOUS L UNG P OWER ............................71B REAKING A C HAIN R OUND THE C HEST :IG. 1................................................................79 IG . 2................................................................88B REAKING A C HAIN IN THE F INGERS :IG. 1................................................................98 IG . 2................................................................102T HE N AILS - DRIVING AND W ITHDRAWING F EAT :

IG. 1................................................................108
IG . 2................................................................114
IG . 3................................................................121
IG. 4................................................................127
IG . 5................................................................134
IG . 6................................................................140

T HE I RON S CROLL F EAT :

IG . 1................................................................148
IG. 2................................................................152
IG . 3................................................................160
IG . 4................................................................165
IG. 5................................................................170
IG . 6................................................................179
IG . 7................................................................183

T HE I RON B AR B ENDING F EAT :

IG. 1.....................................................................189
IG . 2.....................................................................195
IG . 3.....................................................................203
IG. 4 ................................................................207
S AMSON ' S L ATEST F EAT .........................................................211

S AMSON P OSES TO S HOW A P OWERFUL B ACK AND B READTH OF SHOULDER...........................................................................220

A S OLID B LOCK OF G RANITE , W EIGHING C LOSE ON H ALF A T ON , IS P LACED ON S AMSON ' S C HEST , THERE TO BE S TRUCK R EPEATEDLY BY T WO M EN USING S LEDGE - HAMMERS .................225

SAMSON'SWONDERFUL BRIDGE FEAT......................................229P ULLING ON A S PECIAL L EATHER G RIP , H ELD BY S AMSON WITH HIS T EETH , T WO H ORSES D RAW A H EAVY L OAD THROUGH A P UBLIC T HOROUGHFARE ......................................................231W. A. PULLUM.

Authur of Strong Men Over the Years, also WeightLifting Made Easy and Interesting, How to Use a Bar-Bell,Weight-Lifting Whys and Wherefores, How to BecomeStrong, Weight-Lifting as a Science, How to Give a StrongShow, The Romance of Weight-Lifting, Feats of FamousStrong Men, etc.

B Y W.A. P ULLUM

Winner of 15 British Weight-Lifting Championships, 50 Gold Medals,and Holder of 192 World's and British Records. Nine-Stone ChampionWeight-Lifter of the World.

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R IGHT from the days of remote antiquity, interest amounting tofascination has invested the personality of the strong man. No matterwhat the age, no matter where the country, round the man of greatphysical strength has been thrown a glamour which holds theimagination in thrall. For man, however intellectual he may havebecome compared with his primeval forebears however much thehabits and customs of his present mode of life tend to make himoccasionally forget the fact still remains an animal under the skin.And because this is irrevocably so, the display resplendent of whatproverb has rightly described as his glory will always strike in hisbreast a responsive chord will always cause the blood to flow a littlequicker through his views, impelled by the primitive urge. That is, if heis at all constructed true to type; if he is indeed a faithful replica ofwhat his sex was ordained to be.