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old body building books

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sandows book
Strength & How to Obtain It - By Eugen Sandow

other books - some direct links to pdf below
The Golden Age of Iron Men
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Library/libindex.htm
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/compindex.htm
Maxalding - Welcome


Indan book from 1930's
http://www.ghoshyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/Sengupta.pdf
other indian books http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/India/india.htm
book from 1879
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Library/Blaikie/How To Get Strong.pdf

How to Become a Great Athlete by MAXICK 1911
http://www.maxalding.co.uk/GA/Great Athlete.pdf

Health, Strength & Will Power by MAXICK & SALDO 1911
http://www.maxalding.co.uk/HSWP/HSWP.pdf

Muscle Control by Will-Power by Maxick 1911
http://www.maxalding.co.uk/mc-book-english/PDF/Muscle Control.pdf

Great strength by muscle control 1913
Great Strength by Muscle Control by Maxick - Introduction

How to Pose 1914
How to Pose by Monte Saldo - Introduction
 
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ton more books at The Golden Age of Iron Men

a fair few of those books have some pics of them doing some advanced yoga style ab control stuff - flexing/tensing a single ab muscle at a time - looks fing freaky

and its not just the Indian guys
Professor J. Chandrashekhar


older one from 1890's
Professor Dowd's Original Health Exerciser

one fo the first modern strong women -Sandwina
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Tyrrell/Sandwina/Katie Sandwina.pdf

Handbook of free gymnastics - Staff Sargent Moss
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Moss/Free/Scans/Free Gymnastics.pdf

Mighty Men of old
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Mighty Men/Mighty Men of Old.pdf

Indian club exercises from 1866
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Kehoe/Indian Club Exercises.pdf

Butler's System of Physical Training - The Lifting Cure 1868
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Butler/The Lifting Cure.pdf
 
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