Lifter Snapshot: the Baillargeon Brothers, Forgotten Lumberjack-Lifter-Wrestlers of the Vaudeville Era.

Jamie Chaos

October 16, 2021

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Per @slamwrestlingoficial “The six Baillargeon brothers — Jean, Charles, Adrien, Lionel, Paul, and Antonio (Tony) — were the Ice Capades or Harlem Globetrotters of their day, taking their strongmen act from town to town. Dressed in a weightlifting singlet showing off their impressive physiques with a maple leaf and a beaver on the front, the Baillargeons wowed crowds. Charles would pull a bus with his teeth, Paul would lift a horse. They would make human pyramids with Jean or Paul at the base, supporting three or four people above. They brought in acrobats to complement their act.” That horse, by the way, weighed 1400lbs and he’d carry the fucking thing up a telephone pole in a harness, like a maniac. Canadians, eh?

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Jamie Chaos

I am a former all-time, all federation world record holder in raw powerlifting at 181lbs, a record I broke just to say fuck you to the internet’s “lifting” community and the powerlifting community at large. Over the last ten years I’ve written over 500 articles on strength training, nutrition, and supplementation, and continue to do so simply to fight the tide of weakness and sadness that currently pervades the scene I’ve called home for the better part of three decades. I’ve got personal trainin certs, BodyPump and BodyCombat certs, a BA in History and East Asian Studies from the University of Arizona, and MBAs from the Vienna University and University of South Carolina on my side, in addition to some sick lifts and a hell of a lot of rage. What the fuck have you got?

3 responses to “Lifter Snapshot: the Baillargeon Brothers, Forgotten Lumberjack-Lifter-Wrestlers of the Vaudeville Era.”

Kirk

October 22, 2021

Lumberjacks are a strong bunch. I met the Australian woodchopping champ David Foster at a show over 20 years ago when I was a kid and no man I’ve ever met has ever exuding more raw strength and power than he did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_(woodchopper).
1. Jamie Chaos
  
  October 26, 2021
  
  Oh rad! I did an interview with Arden Cogar a couple of years ago that was really cool. Lumbersports are badass!
2. Jamie Chaos
  
  November 11, 2021
  
  They definitely are, though i am surprised you got that sense from that dude- he does,’t look like a man who drips with physical power to me 🤣. That said, forearm strength is a pretty good indicator of punching power as I recall, so I am wary of any man with giant turkey drumsticks for forearms, haha.

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