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Find more similar titles and geta free catalog at www.StrongmanBooks.com Edward Aston was one of the lesser known oldtime strongmen. But he was a pupil of Maxick and very strong in his own right. He gained the title of "Britain's Strongest Man" by beating out Thomas Inch, a title which he held for over twenty years. He is also the created of the Anti-Barbell which is a marvelous training tool that few people are aware of. This book, How to Develop a Powerful Grip, gives you 20 exercises for increasing your hand strength. Some of these use specialized tools but the majority are available to all even without standard gym equipment. You'll also read stories of the oldtime strongmen and how important grip strength is to their trade with lots of details and inside tricks. 1. SQUEEZING A RUBBER BALL 2. BREAKING MATCH STICKS WITH THE FINGERS 3. TWISTING AND TEARING A NEWSPAPER 4. TURNING JAR TOPS 5. HOLDING PENNY IN CLOTHES PEG 6. PICKING UP A CHAIR BY THE LEG 7. GRIPPING AN OPEN DOOR 8. BENDING A BEER CAP 9. HANGING FROM A ROPE 10. TEARING A PACK OF CARDS 11. PRESSING UP FROM THE FLOOR ON FINGER-TIPS 12. FINGER LIFTING 13. MAKING A FINGER HOOK 14. HOLDING OUT A BROOM WITH FLATIRON 15. TEARING A TELEPHONE BOOK 16. CIRCLING A DUMB-BELL 17. HOLDING OUT A DISC ON A ROD 18. PICKING UP DISCS 19. HOLDING OUT DISCS 20. CIRCLING A BAR-BELL "Everyone of us today should be interested in the possession of a powerful grip. And when I say everyone, I mean everyone: man, woman, boy or girl...Now the greatest factor for the creation of a powerful grip is SHEER WILL POWER, for one cannot develop more-than-average strength concentrated in the hands and forearms without one possesses the necessary mental force capable of creating and exerting that power. The man with good gripping powers in invariably a man with a mind of his own, knowing what he requires from life and determined to get it. Hundreds of books have been written on the subject of Will Power, extolling the benefits to be derived from the improvement of this mental trait, while the methods to be used in its creation have been variously prescribed from gazing fixedly at a glass crystal to the act of bending down to touch one's toes fifty times every morning, but so far as I can remember not one book has advocated the cultivation of the gripping powers of the hand as a means of strengthening one's character and determination. Yet we see and hear the connection every day of our lives." Edward Aston also wrote the great book Modern Weight Lifting.