Ken Leistner is
an American strength training writer, personal trainer, strength
consultant for the National
Football League, and chiropractor.
He is often known as "Dr. Ken". Photo By Kathy Leistner - Stone
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History
of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Part
One
by Dr. Ken Leistner
There are many fundamental differences among the participants
of the various aspects of the iron related sports. The emotional
response and make up of the athletes involved in strongman
competition differs from those who compete in bodybuilding
shows and powerlifters think and often behave very differently
than those who do Olympic weightlifting as their primary
sport. It wasn’t always like this.
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History
of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training -
Part Two
by Dr. Ken Leistner
One’s choice of lifting activity could have been very
much determined by their geographic location in the 1940’s
through the 1960’s. Referring to the first installment
of this series, while most “training guys” did
the same basic exercises, different parts of the country,
different parts of some specific states, gravitated to one
of the three major types of lifting expression. The most
obvious example of this was the York Barbell Club located
in York, Pennsylvania.
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History
of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Part
Three
by Dr. Ken Leistner
In the days before the internet and immediate worldwide communication,
the wonders of bodybuilding, especially in California, was
brought to the attention of the many eager enthusiasts across
the country, through the pages of Joe Weider’s various
muscle building publications. It was necessary to present news
from all of the weight training related activities. There weren’t
enough of any one group of devotees that one could expect to
publish and distribute a “muscle magazine” and
make a living off of it if any particular group was completely
ignored.
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History
of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Part
Four
by Dr. Ken Leistner
The New York Scene.
In the New York City area, Olympic lifting was very popular
in the early to mid-1960’s. There were pockets of activity
that spread from The McBurney YMCA basement on 23rd Street
in Manhattan to Lost Battalion Hall in Queens, all the way
out to Suffolk County’s Islip Youth Center. All boasted
good lifters, some like Larry Mintz, a young Artie Dreschler
who is now active as the director of the Association Of Oldetime
Barbell And Strongmen, and Tom Marshall were of national level.
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History
of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Part
Five
by Dr. Ken Leistner
A Bit Of Lifting And Training History
From My Perspective.
With the proliferation of health clubs, spas, fitness facilities,
gyms, and the fact that most martial arts and yoga teachers
have somehow branched out into personal training or “their-specialty-specific
lose weight and inches fitness training” it might be
beyond the understanding of the last two generations that there
actually was a time when it was almost impossible to find a
gym that had barbells and dumbbells in it within the confines
of any town or village in the United States.
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