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Strength and How to Obtain It — Eugen Sandow

Strength and How to Obtain It

Eugen Sandow

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 122 pages

A collection of essays on physical strength and how to obtain it, written by the strongman Eugen Sandow. It explains exercises for physical development and includes incidents from his professional career. It offers a historical look at early bodybuilding and fitness culture.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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Opening of the book

INTRODUCTION.
NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
PART I.
STRENGTH AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
LŧǵǵŧǡǪ ĵƿŠ PƒLjǵLjƄǡĵǙƒǪ Ljż PǼǙƗƯǪ.
PART II.
INCIDENTS OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
Yours truly Eugen Sandow

STRENGTH

AND

HOW TO OBTAIN IT,

BY

EUGEN SANDOW,

WITH

ANATOMICAL CHART,

ILLUSTRATING

EXERCISES FOR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.

REVISED EDITION.

ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL PAGE PORTRAITS OF THE AUTHOR

AND SOME OF HIS PUPILS.

Reproduced from Photographs by Falk of New York, and

Warwick Brookes of Manchester.

London:

GALE & POLDEN, LǵŠ.,

2, AMEN CORNER, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C., AND WELLINGTON WORKS,

ALDERSHOT.

TWO-AND-SIX NETT.

PǡƗƿǵŧŠ œΏ GĵƯŧ & PLjƯŠŧƿ, LǵŠ.,

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Copyright—Gale & Polden, Ltd.

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Contents

  1. Transcriber’s Notes
  2. STRENGTH AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT,
  3. INTRODUCTION.
  4. NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  5. PART I. MY SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL CULTURE.
  6. PART II. INCIDENTS OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
  7. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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