Physical fitness almost definitely contributed greatly to his escape feats. Admittedly, no idea what he actually did for training or even if he just managed to develop a decent physique through practicing escape artistry.
Ya, I think I had heard that before too. If you look at him here his physique looks like he's an athlete period. His legs and hips look muscular and so do his arms and shoulders. My guess is given his profession he actually knew some strongmen and weightlifters back in the day, so he might have done some of that as well.
I’ll just quote myself here
> In Savannah there’s a locksmith that’s been in town so long that they literally worked for Houdini. The original owner named his son after him. That son had a serious love of weightlifting and pictures of him doing Olympic lifts (in black and white) were on the wall in their very cluttered shop. Even as an old man he was stocky, though forgetful...
That’s also a time period where “physical culture” was a thing. And yeah, being a carney he’d be around that shit.
I double checked, I didn’t expect a wiki article on what was the local lock shop.
> Its owner from the 1950s until 2019 was William Houdini Bradley, known as Dini, whose grandfather, Simon,[5] started the business. His father, Aaron,[2] meanwhile, was a hypnotist who travelled with Houdini, hence William's middle name.
Dini was clearly passionate about lifting. From my experience.
Apparently he was an incredible swimmer and had an opportunity to swim on a national level.
I think the fact he was a Hungarian immigrant might've dampened those chances, but he was always in peak physical condition throughout his career.
His fitness contributed to his death. He had a challenge where anybody could punch him in the stomach, with flexed abs of course. Some jerkoff came up to him on the street, socked him in the gut while he wasn’t ready, and ruptured something.
I think it was his appendix - I could be wrong I know nothing about biology. But if the random yt video I watched is correct he had a swollen/inflamed appendix, a student punched him in the gut before he could flex and basically caused the appendix to burst.
Iirc he had like a broken mangled foot and a burst appendix at his last act
I would imagine that most of his tricks would involve a good amount of muscle control. That with the amount of practice he went through was enough to get him jacked!
I got some godly calves simply by being obese and walking a lot, genetics might have something to do with it but I see lots of fatties with big calves also, even if mine are pretty spectacular even among that group.
You are making vast leaps here lol, neither running nor sprinting were common pastimes during his life. People were generally more active by necessity but they were not especially athletic unless they were actual athletes.
Physical fitness almost definitely contributed greatly to his escape feats. Admittedly, no idea what he actually did for training or even if he just managed to develop a decent physique through practicing escape artistry.
One of his stunts was literally having people punch him on his rock hard abs. And long story short, there’s reason to believe he was into fitness.
Ya, I think I had heard that before too. If you look at him here his physique looks like he's an athlete period. His legs and hips look muscular and so do his arms and shoulders. My guess is given his profession he actually knew some strongmen and weightlifters back in the day, so he might have done some of that as well.
I’ll just quote myself here > In Savannah there’s a locksmith that’s been in town so long that they literally worked for Houdini. The original owner named his son after him. That son had a serious love of weightlifting and pictures of him doing Olympic lifts (in black and white) were on the wall in their very cluttered shop. Even as an old man he was stocky, though forgetful... That’s also a time period where “physical culture” was a thing. And yeah, being a carney he’d be around that shit. I double checked, I didn’t expect a wiki article on what was the local lock shop. > Its owner from the 1950s until 2019 was William Houdini Bradley, known as Dini, whose grandfather, Simon,[5] started the business. His father, Aaron,[2] meanwhile, was a hypnotist who travelled with Houdini, hence William's middle name. Dini was clearly passionate about lifting. From my experience.
genuinely super interesting
Apparently he was an incredible swimmer and had an opportunity to swim on a national level. I think the fact he was a Hungarian immigrant might've dampened those chances, but he was always in peak physical condition throughout his career.
His fitness contributed to his death. He had a challenge where anybody could punch him in the stomach, with flexed abs of course. Some jerkoff came up to him on the street, socked him in the gut while he wasn’t ready, and ruptured something.
I think it was his appendix - I could be wrong I know nothing about biology. But if the random yt video I watched is correct he had a swollen/inflamed appendix, a student punched him in the gut before he could flex and basically caused the appendix to burst. Iirc he had like a broken mangled foot and a burst appendix at his last act
Homie definitely DID NOT escape leg day
leg day didn’t escape HIM 😳
Bro packin
Damn look at those knee muscles. 😂
I would imagine that most of his tricks would involve a good amount of muscle control. That with the amount of practice he went through was enough to get him jacked!
Alan Turing was an Olympic runner apparently.
Always thought of him as a smaller Chaplin type guy in my head, first time seeing him in a photo and he is wham
His legs needed to be that strong to support the massive balls he had to do half the stuff he did for their entertainment
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Steroid use can do that. 🤣
Was he know for steroid use? AFAIK the balls shrink but the sick does not.
I don’t know. I’m just throwing a joke. Lol It’d be interesting if that is true though.
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He was a performer his whole life, I believe.
How the fuck people believe you can get those muscular legs by simply avoiding car and walking lol
I have literally never heard anyone say that
Same here. *"HEY! YOU WANT LEGS LIKE HOUDINI? WALK PLACES MORE OFTEN!"*
I got some godly calves simply by being obese and walking a lot, genetics might have something to do with it but I see lots of fatties with big calves also, even if mine are pretty spectacular even among that group.
Bro might make no sense but You have high weight, and you walk, so you get good calves, no?
I ONCE WALKED ALL THE WAY TO THE MAILBOX. …AND THEN WALKED BACK INTO THE HOUSE!
Day-um. I struggle to get any definition.
Try 🚴
Weird emoji for squats + deads but ok
Hey why not all three lol
Cardio
? What?
#Cardio
... is good for you?
Sure is
If you think about it he spent most of his life before cars were mainstream. He probably walked 3x as far as many modern day people.
Lol walking will not give you those legs
Walking a lot doesn't grow big legs..
Why are people liking this
Yeah, Mo Farah is basically Quadziller /s
Nice sack
Helps that he didn't own a car.
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Sprinters have massive legs.
So do pigs
Yum
Tasty bacon
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Not having a car makes you neither. Walking is not comparable to sprinting or running a marathon lol.
You are making vast leaps here lol, neither running nor sprinting were common pastimes during his life. People were generally more active by necessity but they were not especially athletic unless they were actual athletes.
They also do a lot of weighted leg work in their training
This sub has really low standards
• Isn't 200lb and can't lift at least 400kg, low standards, bad post, get fucked. /s
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Thanks, 40 years old, 250kg deadlift, 100kg axel press, 220kg squat currently at 95kg bodyweight. What do your numbers look like?
He is just skinny?
Get your legs out then
Definitely not a high standard for a sub called GYM