Strength and How to Obtain It


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In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by strength I mean health, vitality, and a general sense of physical well-being—life is but a gloomy business. Wealth, talent, ambition, the love and affection of friends, the pleasure derived from doing good to those about one, all these things may afford some consolation for being deprived of life’s chief blessing, but they can never make up for it. “But,” I am constantly being asked, “it is all very well for you to say this, and everyone of sense agrees with you; the point is, can we obtain this much-prized blessing?” In the vast majority of cases I can say unhesitatingly “Yes.” You can all be strong, all enjoy the heritage which was intended for you. - Summary by Eugen Sandow (3 hr 27 min)

Chapters

INTRODUCTION and NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 3:40 Read by Dyefferson Azevedo
PART I. CHAPTER I. CONCERNING PHYSICAL CULTURE. 13:45 Read by Shirisha Amatya
PART I. CHAPTER II. THE PROGRESS OF THE SYSTEM. 3:52 Read by Shirisha Amatya
PART I. CHAPTER III. THE STUPIDITY OF ENVY. 3:51 Read by Shirisha Amatya
PART I. CHAPTER IV. HOW TO EXERCISE. 10:50 Read by Rolga
PART I. CHAPTER V. MY “GRIP” DUMB-BELL. 4:36 Read by Rolga
PART I. CHAPTER VI. THE MAGIC COLD BATH 5:28 Read by J Korth
PART I. CHAPTER VII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED 3:18 Read by Marie Christian
PART I. CHAPTER VIII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR WOMEN 5:39 Read by Marie Christian
PART I. CHAPTER IX. THE TABLES OF AGES. 19:35 Read by Bev J Stevens
PART I. CHAPTER X. MY SCHOOLS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE. 4:05 Read by Chuck Williamson
PART I. CHAPTER XI. INSTRUCTION BY CORRESPONDENCE 2:39 Read by Dyefferson Azevedo
PART I. CHAPTER XII. SANDOW’S CHART OF MEASUREMENTS 1:23 Read by Dyefferson Azevedo
PART I. CHAPTER XIII. THE COMBINED DEVELOPER 2:59 Read by bmitchell062003
PART I. CHAPTER XIV. HEAVY WEIGHT-LIFTING 2:41 Read by Christine Rottger
A PLEASING TRIBUTE 4:05 Read by Kerry Adams
LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUPILS 31:27 Read by Marie Christian
PART II. CHAPTER I. MY CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD 3:00 Read by bmitchell062003
PART II.CHAPTER II. HOW I CAME TO LONDON AND DEFEATED SAMSON 14:59 Read by Bev J Stevens
PART II. CHAPTER III. I MEET GOLIATH 4:37 Read by bmitchell062003
PART II.CHAPTER IV.A PRESENTATION UNDER CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES 8:09 Read by Amy Gramour
PART II. CHAPTER V. THE LIVING WEIGHTS 3:44 Read by Dar'Keith Lofton
PART II. CHAPTER VI. ON THE “ELBE”: BOUND FOR NEW YORK 5:38 Read by Kerry Adams
PART II.CHAPTER VII.MY FIRST HOUR IN AMERICA 5:32 Read by john warren hart
PART II. CHAPTER VIII. INCIDENTS OF THE AMERICAN TOUR 7:52 Read by Chuck Williamson
PART II. CHAPTER IX. MY LION FIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO 10:13 Read by john warren hart
PART II. CHAPTER X. FURTHER INCIDENTS OF THE TOUR 3:31 Read by Wallace Morgan
PART II.CHAPTER XI.MY DOG SULTAN. END OF THE TOUR 9:31 Read by Shaef
PART II. CHAPTER XII.MY PERFORMANCE AT THE PRESENT TIME 4:12 Read by Larry Wilson
PART II.CHAPTER XIII. MY MEASUREMENTS 2:21 Read by Larry Wilson