HISTORY of STRENGTH and POWER 

As far back as history itself, men have tested the limits of their potential through feats of strength, power, and muscular endurance.  Within the last century plus, these tests have grown into entirely new fields and sports, and with this has come a unique cultural shift. Champions of strength and power have always been admired, but now they've taken on celebrity proportions.  The strongest men in the world are featured on regional, national, and world television programming, international news outlets, and by numbers of world record keeping organizations, including the esteemed Guinness Book of World Records. Additionally, the strength and power world continues to expand.  Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, and old-school feats of strength continue to thrive, but strongman and strongwoman contests, and the relatively new arena of odd lifting, have opened up new doors for many.  As these new ways of testing oneself continue to expand, more and more are sure to step onto the strength and power stage, and some of whom, if they continue to dedicate themselves to these worthiest of pursuits may someday count themselves among, and be included in, the honorable family and fraternity of the Strength and Power Legends!