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Eugen Sandow’s Show in 1897
Taking a pack of ordinary playing cards I tear them first in half, then in four parts, and finally into eighths. Next I tear two packs, and finally three packs, each pack containing the ordinary number of fifty-two cards. The feat of tearing in half one pack of cards was originally shown to me by the late Emperor of Russia.
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Sandow In America
“A Lion Fight with Sandow” was boldly advertised. The announcement sent a thrill through the cities for hundreds of miles around, and in order fully to be equipped for a performance which would be bound to attract thousands and thousands of people…
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Living Weights & Training Sailors
For my part I was determined to introduce a novelty. Henceforth, there should be actually living weights.
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Creating Goliath & Making Friends
Imagine, if you can, this tremendous fellow: his head as huge and grotesque as that of any pantomime mask, with a nose the size of an ordinary fist. As for his own fist, it would have made more than three of mine, and when a five-shilling piece was placed beneath the ball of his finger, believe me, it was impossible to see it.
![How Sandow Beat Samson](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d62adf62abc32c0a4a811/1659548029019-QRI8NZD1P552BS8YJE6L/apiyinujd__45624.jpg)
How Sandow Beat Samson
I learned that Samson was offering, at the Royal Aquarium in London, £100 to the person who could perform the feats of his pupil, Cyclops, and £1,000 to anyone who could beat his own…
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Sandow On How To Exercise
The body, in fact, like a child, wants to be educated, & only through a series of exercises can this education be given.
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The Reward Is In The Struggle
Your reward lies not so much in the accomplishment as in the effort and struggle, and all the good qualities which they bring out.