The First Public Gyms in America Were a Lot Different Than Your Gym, but Still Shockingly Modern in Form and Intent
“Weight training is the child of gymnastics. We sometimes forget that before strongmen lifted weights, they went to the palestra […]
Fustigation Fury X Female Fustigators: Swashbuckling Courtesan Lola Montez and the “Frenzy of Frisco” Adah Menken- the Chicks Who Invented the Role of Action “Movie” Star in the 19th Century Would Merk You IRL (Part 1)
This article began under an entirely different title, the hyper-rad alliterative gem “A Brace of Buxom, Brawlin’ Broads Battle Bitches, […]
Fustigation Fury X Baddest Motherfuckers Ever: Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery, Part Three- If You Learn Nothing Else From This Series, Learn That Liberals Aren’t the Shit-Soft Cowards People Believe Them to Be
Forewarned is forearmed- if you’re a hard-line right-winger (and for whatever reason there seem to be quite a number of […]
Fustigation Fury X Baddest Motherfuckers Ever: Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery, Part Two- Fencing for Cardio, Boxing and Lifting for Strength and Power, and a Badass Moustache for Authority
In part one, we examined the first three-quarters of the life of a man who seems to be a Frankenstein’s […]
The Empire Builder Diet, Part 3 X Fustigation Fury- Lumberjacks, Railroad Men, and Wrestlers
Missed parts one and two? Go here and here. The late 19th Century was filled with enough tales of larger-than-life […]