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Strength and How to Obtain It

Name: Strength and How to Obtain It
Author: Eugen Sandow

Eugen Sandow

Read by Dyefferson Azevedo, Shirisha Amatya, Rolga, J Korth, Bev J Stevens, Chuck Williamson, bmitchell062003, Christine Rottger, yourbookvoice, Marie Christian, Amy Gramour, darman210, john warren hart, Wallace Morgan, Shaef and Larry Wilson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording

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01 - INTRODUCTION and NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION. (3:40)
02 - PART I. CHAPTER I. CONCERNING PHYSICAL CULTURE. (13:45)
03 - PART I. CHAPTER II. THE PROGRESS OF THE SYSTEM. (3:51)
04 - PART I. CHAPTER III. THE STUPIDITY OF ENVY. (3:51)
05 - PART I. CHAPTER IV. HOW TO EXERCISE. (10:49)
06 - PART I. CHAPTER V. MY “GRIP” DUMB-BELL. (4:35)
07 - PART I. CHAPTER VI. THE MAGIC COLD BATH (5:27)
08 - PART I. CHAPTER VII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED (3:18)
09 - PART I. CHAPTER VIII. PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR WOMEN (5:39)
10 - PART I. CHAPTER IX. THE TABLES OF AGES. (19:34)
11 - PART I. CHAPTER X. MY SCHOOLS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE. (4:04)
12 - PART I. CHAPTER XI. INSTRUCTION BY CORRESPONDENCE (2:38)
13 - PART I. CHAPTER XII. SANDOW’S CHART OF MEASUREMENTS (1:22)
14 - PART I. CHAPTER XIII. THE COMBINED DEVELOPER (2:59)
15 - PART I. CHAPTER XIV. HEAVY WEIGHT-LIFTING (2:41)
16 - A PLEASING TRIBUTE (4:05)
17 - LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUPILS (31:27)
18 - PART II. CHAPTER I. MY CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD (2:59)
19 - PART II.CHAPTER II. HOW I CAME TO LONDON AND DEFEATED SAMSON (14:58)
20 - PART II. CHAPTER III. I MEET GOLIATH (4:37)
21 - PART II.CHAPTER IV.A PRESENTATION UNDER CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES (8:09)
22 - PART II. CHAPTER V. THE LIVING WEIGHTS (3:44)
23 - PART II. CHAPTER VI. ON THE “ELBE”: BOUND FOR NEW YORK (5:38)
24 - PART II.CHAPTER VII.MY FIRST HOUR IN AMERICA (5:31)
25 - PART II. CHAPTER VIII. INCIDENTS OF THE AMERICAN TOUR (7:51)
26 - PART II. CHAPTER IX. MY LION FIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO (10:12)
27 - PART II. CHAPTER X. FURTHER INCIDENTS OF THE TOUR (3:30)
28 - PART II.CHAPTER XI.MY DOG SULTAN. END OF THE TOUR (9:31)
29 - PART II. CHAPTER XII.MY PERFORMANCE AT THE PRESENT TIME (4:12)
30 - PART II.CHAPTER XIII. MY MEASUREMENTS (2:21)

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