The Way to Live in Health and Strength

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (affiliate link) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 years until losing his

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William Muldoon og Hans Health Farm

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William Muldoon, en tidligere New York-detektiv, vant World gresk-romersk bryting mesterskapet ved å slå Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon regjerte i ti år før han la opp som mester. Etter pensjon, han begynte å livnære seg som en personlig trener. Muldoon trent mange brytere men virkelig ble kjent etter å få en sørgelig ute av form John L. Sullivan fit for

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

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When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. Bestefar

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