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The Roark Report: Backlifting

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The Roark Report: Backlifting

Roark looks at the history of the discipline of backlifting and lists records claimed for the feat, with a photograph

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Volume 2, Issue 1

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Roark, Joe

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Roark, Joe

Volume 2 Index

Jim Witt: A Life With Two Loves; John Fair to join IGH Editorial Board
George Jowett, Ottley Coulter, David Willoughby and the Organization of American Weightlifting, 1911-1924
Where Are They Now? Bill Curry and the Gospel of Physical Fitness
The Roark Report: Chuck Sipes
The Iron Grapevine
Some Thoughts on the Body: How it Means and What it Means
The History of Strength Training for Athletes at the University of Texas (at Austin)
The European Corner: Launceston Elliot
Where Are They Now? Joe Assirati: Reminiscences of Britain’s Renaissance of Strength

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