Two Hands Anyhow

The Two Hands Anyhow is a traditional strongman weightlifting exercise. The goal was to lift as much weight overhead with two hands (two separate weights) in any method.[1]

Arthur Saxon performing a Two Hands Anyhow.

The exercise was popular with lifters such as Arthur Saxon[2] and Thomas Inch. The most common version of the Two Hands Anyhow had lifters bent press a barbell with the strong arm and then lift a smaller weight with the other arm, usually a kettlebell. The world record for the two hands anyhow in this style is 448 lbs by Arthur Saxon who used a 336 lb barbell and a 112 lb kettlebell.[3]

In Great Britain the lift was called the Two Hands Anyhow with Barbell and Ring-Weight, and a ring-weight or dumb-bell would be used rather than a kettlebell.[4] Under the strict BAWLA rules, Ron Walker set the British Heavyweight Record in 1937 with 310½ lbs.[5]

References
  1. Chapman, David L. (1994). Sandow the Magnificent: Eugen Sandow and the Beginnings of Bodybuilding. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780252073069. OCLC 916113483.
  2. Willoughby, David P. (1970). The Super-Athletes. South Brunswick, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes. p. 144. ISBN 9780498066511. OCLC 112694.
  3. Saxon, Arthur (1906). The Development of Physical Power. London: Health And Strength Limited. p. 66.
  4. https://www.sugdenbarbell.co.uk/forum/BAWLA-old-time-rules.-723
  5. https://legendarystrength.com/ronald-walker/
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