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Two Stars Named David

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Salvatore A. Avendanio
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This is the story of two young Olympic weightlift­ing enthu­si­asts. Both were born dur­ing the Cold War; both were named David. They came from oppo­site sides of the polit­i­cal plat­form. One grew up as a farm boy in the for­mer Soviet Union; one grew up as the only son of wealthy par­ents in NYC USA. (By guest author Sal­vador A. Aven­danio)
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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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Bill Stone Remem­bers Mor­ris Weissbrot

Posted on June 22, 2006 by Bill Stone
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The fol­low­ing was con­tributed by for­mer LBH lifter Bill Stone. We encour­age oth­ers to con­tribute con­tent such as sto­ries, opin­ions, pic­tures, cor­rec­tions, or com­ments. I first met Mor­ris Weiss­brot at a weightlift­ing meet in 1953. I was a stu­dent at …
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Spot­light on Strong­man Howard Menkes

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Leonard Bacino
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Weightlifters and strength ath­letes are a diverse bunch. Their voca­tions span the gamut from laborer to lawyer, civil ser­vant to engi­neer. And the mem­bers of Lost Bat­tal­ion Hall Weightlift­ing are no excep­tion. Our team depicts a cross sec­tion of New …
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Mem­o­ries of Morris

Posted on March 23, 2006 by Barry Rubenstein
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Editor’s Notes Those of you that are new to Olympic weightlift­ing may not know of Mor­ris Weiss­brot. You should. Mor­ris founded the Lost Bat­tal­ion Hall Weightlift­ing Team way back in 1962, and was instru­men­tal in keep­ing the team and the …
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Per­for­mance Enhanc­ing Drugs and Weightlifting

Posted on February 23, 2006 by Leonard Bacino
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Whether the use of per­for­mance enhanc­ing drugs in pro­fes­sional sports is proper has become a topic of con­tentious debate. The under­ly­ing theme of a recent book by Jose Canseco, the for­mer major league base­ball player who has admit­ted to tak­ing …
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Weightlift­ing and Youth

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Leonard Bacino
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Weightlift­ing trans­forms our youth into phys­i­cally fit and men­tally bal­anced adults. It defines behav­ior and habits that are con­sis­tent with a healthy and happy life. The ben­e­fits of weightlift­ing span a life­time[…]
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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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His­tory of the Lost Battalion

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Leonard Bacino
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Dur­ing WWI, on Octo­ber 2nd, 1918, units of the 77th “Lib­erty” Divi­sion from New York advanced into the dense ter­rain of the Argonne For­est in France. His­tory was made over the next six days as this unit, the Lost Bat­tal­ion, …
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