Strength and How to Obtain It

Eugen Sandow (1867 - 1925)

In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by strength I mean health, vitality, and a general sense of physical well-being—life is but a gloomy business. Wealth, talent, ambition, the love and affection of friends, the pleasure derived from doing good to those about one, all these things may afford some consolation for being deprived of life’s chief blessing, but they can never make up for it. “But,” I am constantly being asked, “it is all very well for you to say this, and everyone of sense agrees with you; the point is, can we obtain this much-prized blessing?” In the vast majority of cases I can say unhesitatingly “Yes.” You can all be strong, all enjoy the heritage which was intended for you. - Summary by Eugen Sandow

Genre(s): Health & Fitness, Self-Help

Language: English

Keyword(s): exercise (5), bodybuilding (1), weight training (1), strongest man (1), physical activity (1), strength training (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 INTRODUCTION and NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION. Dyefferson Azevedo
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Play 02 PART I. CHAPTER I. CONCERNING PHYSICAL CULTURE. Shirisha Amatya
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Play 03 PART I. CHAPTER II. THE PROGRESS OF THE SYSTEM. Shirisha Amatya
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Play 04 PART I. CHAPTER III. THE STUPIDITY OF ENVY. Shirisha Amatya
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Play 05 PART I. CHAPTER IV. HOW TO EXERCISE. Rolga
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Play 06 PART I. CHAPTER V. MY “GRIP” DUMB-BELL. Rolga
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Play 07 PART I. CHAPTER VI. THE MAGIC COLD BATH J Korth
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Play 08 PART I. CHAPTER VII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED Marie Christian
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Play 09 PART I. CHAPTER VIII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR WOMEN Marie Christian
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Play 10 PART I. CHAPTER IX. THE TABLES OF AGES. Bev J Stevens
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Play 11 PART I. CHAPTER X. MY SCHOOLS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE. Chuck Williamson
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Play 12 PART I. CHAPTER XI. INSTRUCTION BY CORRESPONDENCE Dyefferson Azevedo
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Play 13 PART I. CHAPTER XII. SANDOW’S CHART OF MEASUREMENTS Dyefferson Azevedo
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Play 14 PART I. CHAPTER XIII. THE COMBINED DEVELOPER bmitchell062003
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Play 15 PART I. CHAPTER XIV. HEAVY WEIGHT-LIFTING Christine Rottger
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Play 16 A PLEASING TRIBUTE Kerry Adams
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Play 17 LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUPILS Marie Christian
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Play 18 PART II. CHAPTER I. MY CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD bmitchell062003
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Play 19 PART II.CHAPTER II. HOW I CAME TO LONDON AND DEFEATED SAMSON Bev J Stevens
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Play 20 PART II. CHAPTER III. I MEET GOLIATH bmitchell062003
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Play 21 PART II.CHAPTER IV.A PRESENTATION UNDER CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES Amy Gramour
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Play 22 PART II. CHAPTER V. THE LIVING WEIGHTS Dar'Keith Lofton
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Play 23 PART II. CHAPTER VI. ON THE “ELBE”: BOUND FOR NEW YORK Kerry Adams
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Play 24 PART II.CHAPTER VII.MY FIRST HOUR IN AMERICA john warren hart
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Play 25 PART II. CHAPTER VIII. INCIDENTS OF THE AMERICAN TOUR Chuck Williamson
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Play 26 PART II. CHAPTER IX. MY LION FIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO john warren hart
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Play 27 PART II. CHAPTER X. FURTHER INCIDENTS OF THE TOUR Wallace Morgan
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Play 28 PART II.CHAPTER XI.MY DOG SULTAN. END OF THE TOUR Shaef
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Play 29 PART II. CHAPTER XII.MY PERFORMANCE AT THE PRESENT TIME Larry Wilson
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Play 30 PART II.CHAPTER XIII. MY MEASUREMENTS Larry Wilson
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