Legacy of Iron

by Brooks D. Kubik

From the first exciting paragraph, Legacy of Iron will grip you hard and fast, pull you into its pages, and let you experience the Golden Age of Might and Muscle just as if you were living it. You'll get to meet with the strongest men of their generation - America's legendary pioneers of weightlifting - men like Bob Hoffman, John Grimek, Steve Stanko, Tony Terlazzo, Gord Venables, Dave Mayor, John Terpak, Louis Abele, Sig Klein, Harry Paschall, John Terry, John Davis and Warren Lincoln Travis. And you'll thrill to the timeless story of a young boy on the road to manhood. But you'll get way more than Iron Game History - way more than a powerful, fast paced, hard hitting story - and way more than the book's double dose of inspiration, motivation and courage. You'll learn the training secrets of the Golden Age Champions. You'll train shoulder to shoulder John Grimek, the legendary "Monarch of Muscledom," and one of only two men in history to win the Mr. America title, the Mr. Universe Title, and the United States Senior National Weightlifting Championships! Steve Stanko, the first man in history to total 1,000 pounds on the three Olympic lifts, and the only man - other than John Grimek - to win the Mr. America title, the Mr. Universe title, and the Senior National Weightlifting Championships. Tony Terlazzo, America's first World weightlifting champion and first Gold Medal Winner in weightlifting at the Olympic Games. John Davis, the world's youngest World champion in Olympic weightlifting and a man who dominated the lifting world for nearly 15 amazing years - the winner of nine World and Olympic Championships -- and the man who broke the 400 pound barrier in the clean and jerk! Sig Klein, the "Old Maestro" - famed physical culturist, gym owner, weightlifter, strongman, world record holder, gymnast, bodybuilder, weight training author and gym owner. Warren Lincoln Travis, the great strongman and world champion back and hip lifter - a man who thrilled countless thousands through his incredible performances at Coney Island. Harry Paschall - famed weightlifter and physical culturist, United States National Champion and record holder, and one of the most prolific authors in Iron Game History - author of The Bosco Strength Notebooks, Development of Strength, Muscle Moulding, Muscular Arms and Shoulders, and The Bosco System of Progressive Physical Training. Bob Hoffman - the founder of the York Barbell Club, editor and publisher of Strength and Health, author of the world famous York Barbell Training Courses, the author of How to Be Strong, Healthy and Happy, Secrets of Strength and Development, Big Arms, The Big Chest Book, Broad Shoulders, Weightlifting and many others - the "Father of American Weightlifting" - and the man who turned York, Pennsylvania into Muscletown, USA. Legacy of Iron is a novel of might and muscle, strength and power, courage and conviction. It's a novel about the best in all of us - and how to find it.

326 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 16, 2015