Lauren! It's been a minute. Thanks so much and hope you're keeping well

Thanks Chris! Hope you're keeping well

Thanks Vanessa!

Thanks so much Claire. I couldn't have been more honored (and surprised to be part of such a great collection!)

I cannot wait to read this!!

Well my ego is well and truly fed! Haha thank you!

I just love how ingenious they had to be in their training, literally inventing certain movements on the fly. I presume you've seen the Rogue docs? If not well worth it!

Hooray! 😁 I'm far from an expert, but whenever I've read about early strongmen it's been a delight. I also have a persistent double take reaction when I see this picture of George Hackenschmidt: "Those are very modern-looking boots! No, wait..."

Wow! I mean obviously he would need a custom bike but I would so love to try this

😅not with a three year old in the next room!

Thanks Nicholas! A labour of love.... and late nights

I mean the natural follow up now is whether you've tried it? I've done some wild diets in the past thanks to early 1900s health fanatics... and somehow survived!

I mean, are you even a historian if you don't have a backlog of work?!

Haha 'intolerable academic' reviews for the win!

Ah that is so so cool and definitely on my list! I'm constantly on the lookout for conferences in Iceland for said reason haha.

Stop there is a 215kg plus stone here I once tried... after a few minutes a kind passerby suggested I should stop...