Marty Gallagher has been in the iron game for over 55 years as an athlete, coach and writer. As a young lifter he met and watched some of the greatest lifters in the world. He learned strength strategies from these men that would serve him for the next 50 years. This strength and power tradecraft came from master lifters whose only allegiance was to progress. These ultra-basic strength strategies serve as the foundation for the strength strategies he champions and represents to this day.
Marty gallagher Jim locks out another world record deadlift: athletic and aggressive he was the best in the world for years. His 837 pound deadlift (219 bodyweight) was done after squatting 776. Make sure the one-lift specialist pre-fatigue their benches…
The human circulatory system needs to be exercised as surely as the muscular system. Think of the circulatory system as the body’s internal plumbing. If the plumbing is rusted and corroded; if the pumps that flush the nutrients and remove…
BENCH PRESS GROUND ZERO (Above Photo): Marvin Eder circa 1955. He was the “Bench Press Grand Maestro.” He is shown bench pressing 435 for 5 reps after two men handed him the barbell. The bench with upright supports had yet…
Insane in the Membrane: Kaz chalks up for his 661 pound world record bench press. He had gotten poison ivy chopping wood and rubbed it all over his face – did poison ivy on the eyeballs stop Kaz from training,…
My friend Don Mills: powerlifting Buddha; unbeatable, unflappable.Don always came through in the clutch.Don Mills was the greatest master powerlifter (over age 40) in the world for nearly a decade. Don was my friend for life and training partner for…
Chaillet’s Gym, Thursday, May 4th, 1987Marshall deadlifting – Pat & Joe WatchI was in the habit of bringing my Nikon with me to training sessions. I used an extremely fast 35mm lens and because the light was so good in…
Anabolism is a good thing. Metabolically speaking, when a person is anabolic, muscle growth is possible. Anabolism is such a good thing that medical people invented anabolic steroids as a way to artificially induce anabolism. Elite athletes and cutting-edge coaches…
Ori Hofmekler altered nutritional thinking forever. He conjured it out of thin air. He not only talks the talk, he walks the walk!No one thought much about meal frequency before Ori Hofmekler burst onto the scene and made frequency the…
Mike McDonald stood 5-10 and for this world record bench press he weighed 179 pounds. The poundage? 525 pounds. He had 15 inch arms and a 45 inch chest. He lies flat as a pancake with no arch, no special…
An enlightened revelation came to me a little over 15 years ago when I was presented with a situation where I had to introduce folks who’ve never lifted weights in their entire lives to my peculiar ways and methods. Working…
