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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 länk) 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 år tills han förlorade sin
William Muldoon, a former New York City detective, won the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship by defeating Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon reigned for ten years before retiring as champion. After retiring, he began to make a living as a personal trainer. Muldoon trained many wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for
Jag först läste om William Muldoon i en biografi av John L. Sullivan, den sista kala mästare knoge tungvikt. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. Den sista stora kala knoge bout utkämpades av Sullivan mot Jake Kilrain i 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Han var
How often have you heard it best to use short copy or long copy for Internet marketing. Some proponents advocate short copy, some advocate long and some try to strike a middle ground. It seems everyone has an opinion though. One person who believed in the use of long copy for selling his services was William Muldoon. Muldoon was
Ödet för mycket av St. Louis’ historiska byggnader bevisa gamla fastigheter ordspråket. Det handlar om plats, läge, läge. Om byggnaden ligger i South St. Louis, den har en bättre chans att räddas än en byggnad på norra sidan. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
The May 9, 1905 upplagan av St. Louis republikens sportsektion innehöll en berättelse om en kommande match mellan lokala brottare George Baptiste och turnerande World Wrestling Champion, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, som bara slog Tom Jenkins för VM. Om redaktören visste “Hack ter” condition at the time, he may have
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) var ett världsrekord hålla tyngdlyftare och World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion innan brottning var uppgjort och lyftare använde steroider. Hackenschmidt uppnått en nivå av storhet beror på flera faktorer. Han uppnådde en hög nivå av fysisk kondition. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been