Go All The Way

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In 1942, the then-12-year-old Tommy Kono was forced into an internment camp during World War II.

Ten years later, the American-born weightlifter would win a gold medal 🥇 in the Olympic games for the US, the first in a record-setting career.

Pound-for-pound, Tommy Kono is probably the greatest lifter produced by the United States.

Between 1953 and 1959 he was undefeated in World and Olympic competition, adding six straight world titles to his two Olympic gold medals. He also won three consecutive gold medals at the Pan American Games, in 1955, 1959, and 1963.

Kono was capable of lifting well at almost any bodyweight, witnessed by his Olympic medals in three different classes.

He is the only man to ever set world records in four different classes and won 11 AAU Championships – in three different weight classes.

During his career he set 27 world records. Kono was a very rare weightlifter who also competed successfully as a bodybuilder, winning the AAU Mr. Universe title in 1954, 1955, and 1957.

He later coached the national teams of Mexico and West Germany and was the USA weightlifting coach in the 1970s and at the 1976 Olympics.

Kono was inducted into the Weightlifting Hall of Fame in 1993 and is a member of the US Olympic Hall of Fame and the Association of Oldetime Barbell and Strongmen Hall of Fame.

His book, Weightlifting: Olympic Style, is a must have 🏆

Happy Birthday to a Legend who fought & paved the way 💪🏆🥇 (at Manasquan Underground Strength Gym) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoNQ9xMGlR/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Every piece of equipment at The Underground has a story.

There is history behind all of it. This dumbbell here is special to me. I have them as a pair of 130s and I purchased them in 2002. I saw a gym for sale in Newark, NJ listed in the newspaper classifieds. Yes, newspaper, not internet. The gym was for sale for $10K!

Listed as, “Right outside beautiful Seton Hall University.” Listen, Newark is a TOUGH area. IYKYK.

I was saving money for an engagement ring and my imagination ran wild for a few moments!! What if I buy this gym and build it up, then start making lots of money and THEN get engaged! YES! Better plan!?!

I called the phone number and took a trip to Newark to visit the gym. It was called Pump’s Gym. It was on a residential street! Half the building was the gym, the other half was a machine shop. The owner was in the machine shop cutting steel and smoking a cigarette.

We shook hands as I introduced myself to him. I looked around and fell in love. The plates were all “OLD SCHOOL”. York, Billard and Weider. No Jackson plates, surprisingly. The squat rack was massive pipes, from the floor, all the way to the ceiling. The entire gym was built by this man. The leg press was the size of a Volkswagen bug!

I had cash on me and asked the guy if I could buy some stuff. I bought anything that was OLD SCHOOL. ALL the Yorks and any of the dumbbells with old plates that were welded together. These 130s caught my eye immediately.

I loaded up my Isuzu Rodeo while parked illegally ON the sidewalk. A few members stared at me as I awkwardly emptied out some of the gym equipment. This was the BEGINNING for me. I was going to build something of my OWN but I always loved AND respected equipment that came well before my time. Because I knew the history of the iron would talk to me and guide me down the right path.

THE IRON NEVER LIES.

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Sometimes I go to a gym out of town with my friends who live there. Since it's only like once a month, I don't have a membership and just pay for a day pass.

Last week I went in and the young woman at the desk looked at me and asked for my last name (I have an account there because I had to sign a liability waiver) and I told her. She replied "that's right" and a moment later looked back up at me and said "you come here a lot."

It made me feel happy in the moment, and I've thought about it a few times since. I guess I've felt invisible to people for so long that being recognized gives me a little dopamine rush.

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