How Humanity Became Strong - A Weightlifting Story

Weightlifting is one of the oldest sport in the world, with over 130 years of history in the olympics.

But people weren't aways that strong - let's take a dive in the world of weightlifting history, and learn a bit more about how humans became stronger and stronger

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v Links to the footage used in the video v

   • Strongman: A Brief Introduction  
https://barbend.com/history-first-wei...
   • From the Vault: Olympics 1900s  
   • 1906 Athens Olympics - Opening Ceremony  
   • Street Workout 1920  
   • Olympiade in Antwerpen (Pathé News - 1920)  
   • A look back at Gymnastics during the Paris...  
   • charles-rigoulot - quentin-lutte-olympique...  
   • Entraînement de Charles Rigoulot - 23 Avri...  
   • Charles Rigoulot (1924) | SIMPLEXSTRONG  
   • Rigoulot vs Sonntag (1934) - quentin-lutte...  
   • Amsterdam 1928 olympics  
   • Home Movie of The Good Old Days America 19...  
   • The Cold War | Footage Farm Ltd  
   • World Weightlifting Championship 1946.  
   • 1960's Street Scenes Life In America Color...  
   • Paul Anderson (1956).  
   • Yurii Vlasov Weightlifting motivation  
   • The Media Star  
   • 1956 Olympic Weightlifting.  
   • 1956 Melbourne Olympics: Bruce Beresford's...  
   • 1960 Olympic Weightlifting.  
   • Видео  
   • Bob Bednarski  
   • Frank Rothwell's Olympic Weightlifting His...  
   • 55 YEARS until another American man could ...  
   • The 9th Wonder  
   • Unique Video of Vasilij Alekseev - Редкие ...  
   • 1972 Olympic Weightlifters  
   • +110kg Snatch - 1982 World Weightlifting C...