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Strength and How to Obtain It

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Holistic Healing

Strength and How to Obtain It

Eugen Sandow

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Eugen Sandow, the strongman who thrilled Victorian audiences, laid out the system that built his celebrated physique. His book teaches physical culture from first principles, exercise by exercise, with a showman's confidence. A founding classic of modern bodybuilding from its most famous early star. Train with the man who made muscle a spectacle.

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34 chapters

  1. 1Transcriber’s Notes
  2. 2STRENGTH AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT,
  3. 3INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  5. 5PART I. MY SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL CULTURE.
  6. 6CHAPTER I. CONCERNING PHYSICAL CULTURE.
  7. 7CHAPTER II. THE PROGRESS OF THE SYSTEM.
  8. 8CHAPTER III. THE STUPIDITY OF ENVY.
  9. 9CHAPTER IV. HOW TO EXERCISE.
  10. 10CHAPTER V. MY “GRIP” DUMB-BELL.
  11. 11CHAPTER VI. THE MAGIC COLD BATH.
  12. 12CHAPTER VII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED.
  13. 13CHAPTER VIII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR WOMEN.
  14. 14CHAPTER IX. THE TABLES OF AGES.
  15. 15CHAPTER X. MY SCHOOLS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE.
  16. 16CHAPTER XI. INSTRUCTION BY CORRESPONDENCE.
  17. 17CHAPTER XII. SANDOW’S CHART OF MEASUREMENTS.
  18. 18CHAPTER XIII. THE COMBINED DEVELOPER.

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