Joe Roark's IronHistoryArchives.com

The HUGE library of Iron History compiled by Joe Roark.

 

Welcome to Iron History with Joe Roark!  

Joe Roark has been studying the iron game since 1957, and by 1970 began a systematic gathering of information on index cards. By the time his first computer was acquired, there were several hundred thousand references to be typed into it.

For a few years he published his own newsletter called MuscleSearch: The Roark Report. By 1992 he was appointed as the IFBB Men's Bodybuilding Historian, and began writing about history for FLEX in his column Factoids. For ten years he contributed to Iron Game History from the U of Texas at Austin. Recently he also began writing All Our Yesterdays for FLEX.

His passion has always been the period between 1880 and 1920, with particular emphasis on the oldtime strongmen of that era. Joe will be offering bits of history for Cyberpump once per week, and the text will be relevant to the dates of the calendar for those events of yesteryear relevant to the coming week.

In this column, readers will also be able to ask Joe questions or comment on his posts.  Note: The comments are solely for interaction between Joe and the readers only -- not reader to reader.

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7/28/06: Willoughby's Tests and Examples of Arm Strength from 'Your Physique' March 1948

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Posted by TheEditor @ 08:50 PM CST

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IronHistory Extra! 7/23/06: Letter from Bruce White to Joe Roark or to Terry Todd?

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Posted by TheEditor @ 12:40 PM CST

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7/21/06: Conclusion of 'Examples of Grip Strength' by Willoughby in Your Physique February 1948

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Posted by TheEditor @ 10:20 PM CST

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7/14/06: Willoughby, 'Examples of Grip Strength' from Your Physique, February 1948

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Posted by TheEditor @ 10:25 PM CST

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7/7/06: Conclusion of Forearm, Hand, and Finger Strength article by Willoughby

Thursday, July 6, 2006

Posted by TheEditor @ 09:59 PM CST

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