This right here would be an excellent goal to shoot for. The farmer’s walk is a great exercise and not one that I’ve practiced in some time. “Walk for 200 yards, while carrying in each hand a dumb-bell weighing over 200 pounds.”
This is an important paragraph worth understanding because it shows lots of the principles for success within it. Third – It is but rarely that work or labor requires the extreme contractions and the vigorous effort which produce muscles of great size and high quality…A short period of daily exercise, of the right sort, will give a man greater strength, a better shape and better health than he could possibly get by labor.” Second – That only few employments require the use of all the muscles, and all-round development is the prime requisite of great bodily strength. The first being that he has too much work, being forced to continue after he is tired, with the consequence that he destroys tissue faster than he can rebuild it. “There are three principal reasons why the average work-man is not very strong. He then discusses why laborers don’t become super strong. Overall the point is that CHOICE is the biggest determinant in whether you’ll become super strong or not. “Inheritance plus initiative – the will to be strong.” “There are unquestionably some men of gigantic strength who inherit their physical powers.”
“Given equal care, all men could be molded to the thoroughbred type in two or three generations.” He talks about genetics, without using those words, and how families may or may not breed strength. He starts off the book with a discussion on the differences between inheriting strength and acquiring it yourself. I should have checked up on this as I thought Secrets of Strength was Liederman’s first book but it’s actually the sequel to Muscle Building, which we’ll be reading next month in the physical culture book club.ģ – Strength Through Muscular DevelopmentĦ – Quality of Muscle the Basis of Strengthĩ – The Importance of Big Lungs and a Strong Heartġ1 – Building Vital Force and Reserve Energyġ2 – Building Strength Inherited and Acquired Strength His ideas are very much in alignment of mine and I really look forward to reading the rest of his books. This is, perhaps surprisingly, the first time I’d read Liederman but he is now one of my favorite of the oldtime strongmen authors. Overall I have to say I very much enjoyed this book and picked up a few ideas I had not had before. Secrets of Strength was one of his most well-known books. He became the editor of Muscle Power magazine later in life. He was originally inspired by Eugen Sandow, whom he later partnered in business with. Liederman was one of the leading strength authorities of his time.
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