I was reading a cool article about the Evolution of Weightlifting and found this lady so inspiring! Take a sec and read on... Abbye Stockton (1917-2006), professional strongwoman who trained Marilyn Monroe. Could lift more weight than most men! In 1944, Stockton began writing a regular column on womens training, Barbelles, in Strength & Health magazine, then the most influential fitness magazine in the world. She also helped organize the first sanctioned weightlifting contests for women. The first of these contests with a sanction from the Amateur Athletic Union was held on February 28, 1947 at the Southwest Arena in Los Angeles. In that contest, Stockton pressed 100 pounds, snatched 105 pounds, and clean and jerked 135 pounds!
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 01:23:58 +0000
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