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How it all began
Contributed by John
Haywood
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How
to Become a Great Athlete Although appearing in the same year (1911) as 'Muscle Control' this very rare publication probably predates the more famous book and contains a brief section on Maxick's life, sections on Weightlifting and a gallery of photos, not seen elsewhere, of Maxick, Saldo and others. Contributed by Gordon Anderson |
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Health,
Strength & The date of this publication is not exactly known but references in the text suggest 1911 although it is not known if this was published before or after the two books of that year. What is important is that this very rare and undocumented booklet is the only material known to mention Maxaldo. Whilst containing some new photographic material there are several familiar illustrations that also appear in the other two publications of 1911. |
durch Willenskraft'
Dieses
Buch wurde von Maxick im Jahre 1911 nach seinem besuch in England geschrieben
Diese Auflage wurde im Leipzig im Jahre 1914 veröffentlicht.
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sie an das Bild um den vollen Scan dieses verblüffenden Buches
zu sehen.
Dieses
Version wurde von Harry Rothman beigetragen den wir sehr dankbar sind
Great
Strength by Muscle Control
by
MAXICK
Published around 1913 this book was the follow up to Maxick's 'Muscle Control'.
It contains no Muscle Control exercises as such but concentrates on explaining how Muscle Control can aid Weightlifters. The illustrations showing barbell and dumb-bell work are posed by Maxick, Monte Saldo, Edward Aston and others.
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Frank Woollaston Frank Woollaston had as distinguished a career as his older brother Monte. However it was much more varied. Read here about his life and achievements
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MAXALDING
A Treatise Explanatory
by Courtlandt
Saldo
Published in 1953 this booklet makes an interesting comparison with its 1920 predecessor.
Contributed by Ron Tyrrell
Alan P. Mead
one of the greatest Maxalding exponents ever
Article entitled
'
Muscular Action & Muscle Control'
from The Superman Magazine - Feb 1933
Contributed by Gil Waldron
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The Why & How of Muscle
Control It
contains much biographical detail on Maxick, many exercises
and an interesting section on Alan Mead. |
A tabulated List of all the MAXALDING EXERCISES currently available to view on this site.
Tony Holland, TVs original Musical Muscle Man brought Muscle Control to the public's attention when he presented his act on Opportunity Knocks in the 1960s and became the undeafeated winner of the show. Tony, who turned 67 in 2006, is still in marvellous condition and still practices Maxalding daily.
You can read his story and see photos of him from the 60s right through to the present day.
The Skill of Muscle Control From 'Skill' Magazine and published between 1967 & 1970. Written
by Tom & Ken Woodward and featuring the 'Auto-Resista' Course
with illustrations by |
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Tony Holland's Muscle Control Postal Course from 1974 Featuring |
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Maxalding Medals & Maxalding Competitions
Competitions and Medal Awards began in 1909.
Click
on the Medal to see some of the winners between 1910 to 1939 and
some
winners from the 1950s.
Thanks to Gil Waldron & Tony Holland
Maxaldists at Large
No - It's not Monte Saldo but one of the many thousands of Maxalding pupils out there who achieved great results.
This section is open to all pupils who wish to show what they have achieved using the Maxalding exercises.
 The Amazing Professor J.Chandrashekhar |
From Bodybuilder Magazine Feb 1954 a demonstration of Isolation of an Abdominal Tendon with comments by Court Saldo. You will be amazed. Thanks to Tony Holland for contributing this article |
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Ron Tyrrell's Collection Ron Tyrrell is a Maxaldist and was trained personally by Court Saldo who was a good friend. He is also an avid collector of Maxalding and Muscle control material. This colourised photo of Maxick, the only one known, is part of his collection which he is sharing on the Maxalding Website. Click on the image to see more of the collection. |
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Philosophy, Science and Practice of Maxalding Downloadable in PDF format in parts Also available, to complement the above, is a tabulated list of Muscle Control exercises/ |
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Eugen Sandow had a great influence on British Bodybuilding and Physical Culture in the late 1800s. He also trained Monte Saldo who was apprenticed to him in 1897.
You can read more about Sandow and see full reproductions of some of his book plus many, many photos.
You will be transferred to the Sandow Plus site
The Competition
Some
of the other Bodybuilding Courses which were available in the past,
sold either by Mail Order or published as a book.
Clicking on the image will transfer you to the Sandow
Plus site where they are reproduced in full.