One of two videos released by Doug Hepburn shortly before he died. It is no longer for sale or distribution. I am uploading it to preserve it and hopefully pass on his knowledge.
For those unaware, Doug was pre-steroid era strong: World record press of 371 1/4 pounds at the 1953 world championships Two hand press off rack: 440 pounds Jerk press: 500 pounds Squat: 760 pounds Two-Hand strict curl: 260 pounds Crucifix: 200 pounds (100-pound dumbbell in each hand) Wide-Grip Bench Press: 580 pounds (touch and go) Right-hand military press: 175 pounds He also did a crucifix hold with 110lb dumbbells
Where did you get these figures? The ones someone put on wiki are similar but different. For example they list squat at 800 and the press off the rack as 450. Also if you watch the video apparently all these lifts are also the baseline to enter his contest? lol I have a feeling the origin of these numbers is actually this video.
The only Canadian HWY weight class World Champion Olympic Lifter , and the very first man to Bench Press 500lbs, he was also a Professional Wrestler in the 1950's .
In around 1980-81 when I was in grade 10 I was buying protein powder from Doug at his shop up near Western gym near Broadway and Kingsway in Vancouver. I don't know how old Doug was at that time but to my 16 years he seemed really old. Me and my training partner nipped over from Western where we trained back then and Doug was messing around on the bench with 3x45 lb plates and a 25 lb plate a side on an Olympic bar. That's 365 and he did a few easy reps with lots left in the tank. Then he dropped the 25s and put on another 45 and he did a double. That's 405 lbs. lol We were astonished. Flabbergasted. There were only a handful of guys of any age at Western who were throwing around 405 lb. Certainly no one who as we figured he was, was about as old as dirt. Only guy we ever saw who was stronger significantly was a roided up Roger Daggitt who was bench in the low to mid 500s. I can't remember exactly but he did 5 plates and a few tens... Under 540 for sure but he was in maybe 30 and roided to the gills. Roger was a beast tho but it didn't impress me no where near as much as old Doug, obviously natural, old and with a sloppy belly and flesh hanging off the back of his arms like a man who's lost a lot of weight.
Thanks for this. In the "C" routine Doug misses out set 7 1:01:36 I think the 7th set should be a set of 3 reps so as follows: 5/4/4/4/3/3/3/2/2/2 6/5/5/5/4/4/4/3/3/3 7/6/6/6/5/5/5/4/4/4 8/7/7/7/6/6/6/5/5/5
Thank you for uploading this. I tried buying them from Crain's site, but he doesn't sell them any more. I also have Hepburn's biography which has a section on workouts and the Hepburn's Law booklet. In the books, his opinions on lifting are a bit different, as are old articles that he wrote.
I read his biography Strongman , sad the way his life ended , but Doug lived his life on his own terms . quite the Canadian , he will always be remembered in the history of the IRON GAME .
Bought both of these DVDs a few years ago from Ricky Dale Crain's site. He told me they're out of stock and not being distributed anymore. I figured they needed to be shared
Thanks man...I had a brief, sort of friendship with Doug when I was in high school. We would but protein from him then sit there and listen to his stories.... I dunno... Maybe friendship isn't the right word. He might not ever have known our names but he knew us and always sold us the protein cheaper than retail and tried to teach us some principles and seemed to enjoy talking to us
@@Lunarisx718 exactly! Twiceborn on the Tnation forums have a routine he supposedly got from Hepburn that was pretty close to what Doug said in this video.
@@stephenlockney8319 I used twiceborn's post to set up my own routine before getting this video. The best part is, this video proves twiceborn was legit. The only difference is Doug states he would go by feel. 4x1 one day, 6x1 another and maybe even jumping to 10x1 if he felt good I stil like Twiceborn's version and only add 1 rep each workout
Ok so heres what i got from this: A routine: 4-10 singles when that gets too tough: B routine looks like 10 sets of 2-3 in his book at the end? if that gets tough then: C routine 10 sets of 5-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2 going up by 1 rep until 8-7-7-7-6-6-6-4-4 then add 10 to 20 lbs... hmm.... anyone else know more details?
What did think about Mark Henry? Considering how massively muscular he already was as a young child, Henry's claim of being lifetime drug-free seems completely believable.
His body training worked for me But. It. Was. More than that. It was. Transandental. I also have and still use the exercise machine he poorly demonstrated . For years
