The Text Book of Weightlifting

This is a must have book for anyone invested in strength training. I knocked off one star because you cannot read the captions of any photo; the print quality is obscuring the names of the lift and lifters featured. I'm sure the publisher could solve this issue.

This is a man who set the world record in a lift that still stands over 100 years after it was accomplished. This was done before steroids even existed.This man weighed only 200 lbs yet was world heavyweight champion in all around lifting. These clowns today with the suits and drugs could not come close to what this guy did 100 years ago.

man, Arthur saxon had a lot of nutrition knowledge before proteins had been discovered, crazy. don't do corkscrews you're not Arthur saxon

Gave as a gift and he loved it.

A great historical read on weightlifting.

Theres nothing about weightlifting in this book... This is garbage! Very old pictures and no good informations...lost my money and time

This is a book originally written in 1910! You will not find out how to make your protein shakes or use your nautilus machines here. This is mainly a HISTORICAL read of one of the greatest strongmen of the early 1900's. A very interesting book if you buy it for the right purpose: HISTORY. Thare are some good lifting principles that still apply today too.

As usual with these "public domain" books. There's lots of websites out there that sell them with a "sales letter" claiming they got big and strong using these books. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY ONE OF THESE BOOKS, BUY IT FOR AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Don't buy it expecting there to be a good pointer on every page. In fact Saxon was the only guy I've read who confess' that you inherit strength/muscle fibers through genetics. He doesn't show/explain any kind of isometrics. Its more like he talks about touring and he claims wins over other strongmen. Probably the only good advice I used was that he starts lifting weights then does other workouts. But don't expect for him to teach you his methods. There's pictures of him with barbells and kettlebells. But only buy it for his autobio sake.

There's a lot of ideas here that I had thought were 'cutting edge'. If you're serious about strength, this is a great read.

excellent rediscovered techniques

good old book

The book is what I wanted. Disappointed with the quality of the pictures. They could have been a bit bigger and clearer.