Strength and How to Obtain It
Eugen Sandow
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Length 3 h 27 min
Chapters 30
First published 1897
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
Chapters
1
INTRODUCTION and NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION. Read by Dyefferson Azevedo
3:40
2
PART I. CHAPTER I. CONCERNING PHYSICAL CULTURE. Read by Shirisha Amatya
13:45
3
PART I. CHAPTER II. THE PROGRESS OF THE SYSTEM. Read by Shirisha Amatya
3:52
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PART I. CHAPTER III. THE STUPIDITY OF ENVY. Read by Shirisha Amatya
3:51
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PART I. CHAPTER IV. HOW TO EXERCISE. Read by Rolga
10:50
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PART I. CHAPTER V. MY “GRIP” DUMB-BELL. Read by Rolga
4:36
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PART I. CHAPTER VI. THE MAGIC COLD BATH Read by J Korth
5:28
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PART I. CHAPTER VII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED Read by Marie Christian
3:18
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PART I. CHAPTER VIII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR WOMEN Read by Marie Christian
5:39
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PART I. CHAPTER IX. THE TABLES OF AGES. Read by Bev J Stevens
19:35
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PART I. CHAPTER X. MY SCHOOLS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE. Read by Chuck Williamson
4:05
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PART I. CHAPTER XI. INSTRUCTION BY CORRESPONDENCE Read by Dyefferson Azevedo
2:39
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PART I. CHAPTER XII. SANDOW’S CHART OF MEASUREMENTS Read by Dyefferson Azevedo
1:23
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PART I. CHAPTER XIII. THE COMBINED DEVELOPER Read by bmitchell062003
2:59
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PART I. CHAPTER XIV. HEAVY WEIGHT-LIFTING Read by Christine Rottger
2:41
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A PLEASING TRIBUTE Read by Kerry Adams
4:05
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LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUPILS Read by Marie Christian
31:27
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PART II. CHAPTER I. MY CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD Read by bmitchell062003
3:00
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PART II.CHAPTER II. HOW I CAME TO LONDON AND DEFEATED SAMSON Read by Bev J Stevens
14:59
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PART II. CHAPTER III. I MEET GOLIATH Read by bmitchell062003
4:37
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PART II.CHAPTER IV.A PRESENTATION UNDER CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES Read by Amy Gramour
8:09
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PART II. CHAPTER V. THE LIVING WEIGHTS Read by Dar'Keith Lofton
3:44
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PART II. CHAPTER VI. ON THE “ELBE”: BOUND FOR NEW YORK Read by Kerry Adams
5:38
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PART II.CHAPTER VII.MY FIRST HOUR IN AMERICA Read by john warren hart
5:32
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PART II. CHAPTER VIII. INCIDENTS OF THE AMERICAN TOUR Read by Chuck Williamson
7:52
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PART II. CHAPTER IX. MY LION FIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO Read by john warren hart
10:13
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PART II. CHAPTER X. FURTHER INCIDENTS OF THE TOUR Read by Wallace Morgan
3:31
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PART II.CHAPTER XI.MY DOG SULTAN. END OF THE TOUR Read by Shaef
9:31
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PART II. CHAPTER XII.MY PERFORMANCE AT THE PRESENT TIME Read by Larry Wilson
4:12
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PART II.CHAPTER XIII. MY MEASUREMENTS Read by Larry Wilson
2:21
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