Author Archives: Eddie Isaacs

About Eddie Isaacs

Eddie Issacs was a lifter at the Lost Battalion Hall back in the 60s. Formerly a NYC schoolteacher and currently a psychologist. Eddie has maintained his physical fitness over the years and is considered a "lifer", so maybe we'll see him back on the LBH platforms soon. Eddie can be reached at justpickin@earthlink.net.

Steroids in Sports

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Eddie Isaacs
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Base­ball fans have reacted hys­ter­i­cally to Jason Giambi’s admis­sion of steroid use. Steroids per­me­ated the Amer­i­can weightlift­ing scene in the 1960’s, about 40 years before we hear the com­plete naiveté about steroid use expressed by many.
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Eddie Isaacs Rem­i­nisces about LBH

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Eddie Isaacs
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I first vis­ited LBH in 1964. My big brother Steve took me. We lived in Far Rock­away, and would take the ‘A’ train to Liberty/​​Rockaway Blvd., then take a bus up Wood­haven Blvd. to Queens Blvd. It was about an hour trip. My brother pointed out Gary Han­son, an inter­na­tion­ally ranked lifter, who was train­ing at LBH at that time […]
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