Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in 1888 in Vilnius – then part of the Russian Empire, now the capital of Lithuania – Zass began training early. He began by ...

He couldn't afford dumbbells so he made some of his own, fashioned out of stones and sticks. Despite the makeshift kit, by utilising progressive overload he was able to make some decent gains. However ...

Alexander Ivanovich Zass collected many nicknames in his time, from 'The Father of Isometric Training' to 'The Amazing Samson' and 'Iron Samson', the strongman paved the way for many lifters, years on ...