In The News

The Wall Street Jour­nal’s fea­ture on leg­endary Bul­gar­ian coach Ivan Abad­jiev and his quest to bring his method of train­ing to Amer­i­can ath­letes.
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The New York Times: “Jack LaLanne, whose obses­sion with gru­el­ing work­outs and good nutri­tion, com­ple­mented by a salesman’s gift, brought him recog­ni­tion as the founder of the mod­ern phys­i­cal fit­ness move­ment, died Sun­day after­noon at his home in Morro Bay, Calif. He was 96.”
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Nice arti­cle in The New York Times about Joe Rollino, the leg­endary New York City strong­man, who was trag­i­cally struck and killed by a van this Mon­day at the age of 104. At a Mighty 104, Gone While Still Going Strong …
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LBH Weightlift­ing got a great write-​​up (“Grab, Grunt and Lift in a Tem­ple of Mus­cle”) in The New York Times NY/​Region sec­tion.
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Despite a par­a­lyz­ing tran­sit strike, NYC res­i­dents have weath­ered the lack of bus and sub­way ser­vice with char­ac­ter­is­tic New York aplomb and for­ti­tude. There are 8 mil­lion sto­ries in this city and the story of LBH lifters is just one …
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