Brooks reached fifty pages after only a few short days of writing, and there was still more material he wanted to cover - a lot more.įifty pages turned into a hundred, a hundred pages turned into two hundred. He wrote about the training that had worked for him, how he trained in high school, how he trained in college, how he trained to win multiple National Championships in Bench Press Powerlifting meets, and how his favorite oldtime strongmen used to train…īrooks had originally planned to type out a fifty or so page manuscript and possibly sell (though more likely give it away) to the few people out in the world he thought might be interested in it. (including Milo, Hard Gainer, Iron Master and Iron Man) the words that were now issuing forth on his type writer were somehow different than ever before. Vitole often told me afterwards that he could easily lift much more than that poundage…” himself, yet with the power of his back, neck, jaws and teeth, he lifted this weighted barbell, which was officially tested and checked by many assigned for that particular purpose, and found to weigh 550 lbs.

Now please check up on what I have written: Vitole weighed only 155 lbs. in the teeth-lift which, to the best of my knowledge, has never been broken. Joseph Vitole then and there made an official record of 550 lbs. Finally, Bernarr McFadden promoted a physique contest for both men and women in 1921.Īt this affair which ran for one week at the old Madison Square Garden, NYC, there were staged various unique events and one of these was a contest in teeth-lifts. gradually his poundages increased until he was absolutely sure of doing the unheard of (then) total of 550 pounds! I have seen him do this lift many times in practice. He trained a lot with this sort of novelty lifting. Joe would simply wrap one end of this chain around the bar of a bell, then take a firm grip upon the leather mouthpiece, place his hands upon his lower thighs and pull with the back of his neck until the weight raised a few inches off the floor. This chain had a link-clasp at the other end. He had a leather “bit” which was attached to a strong chain. He really liked to bite and grip with his jaws and this lead to the lifting of weights with his teeth alone. He specialized in all teeth and jaw hobbies.

He had a square jaw, a stocky neck and a rugged all round build.

Vitole had the most perfect teeth I have ever seen. lad whom I trained right after World War I. “… looming before my vision as a standout, was a feat by Joseph Vitole, a 155 lb.

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