Aston, Edward

"EDWARD ASTON was a contemporary of Thomas Inch and Max Sick and competed against them on several occasions between 1909 and 1911. They competed against each other in a number of different lifts, including two-handed jerks, cleans, clean and jerks and one-handed snatches and jerks. Aston wrote extensively about weightlifting and explained how his routine of low-repetition presses, jerks, cleans and pulls was the way to increase strength most effectively. He talked disparagingly about higher repetition work as a way to increase muscle size without corresponding strength." - Chris Beardsley's Ga...