Ditillo was outrageous at 5 foot 5 inches and 330 pounds at this best. I have always said that first you need a training partner, and second, a power rack. Reading about Ditillo and his training partner Dezzie Ban, I also did a lot of rack work. Maybe that’s where he gained his unbelievable mass. He would also work at his father’s pool hall and candy shop. He, like many, worked out at the local YMCA, the Elizabeth, NJ, YMCA. He would place the bar on a set pin and from a dead start press the weight over, lower it back to the pin, and after a second or two do a second rep. His training was documented in Perry Rader’s old and original Iron Man magazine. I wonder if our Olympic lifters do this type of work.Ī man that used a power rack to build amazing bulk and mass was Anthony Ditillo. I have seen several Olympic lifters from East European countries do squats, pulls, and good mornings off power rack pins. They are referred to as suspended chain squats or good mornings. Paul would attach strong chains so a bar would rest in the chains at different heights off the floor, and a squat, bench, deadlift, or standing press was performed. This means that he would crawl under the bar and lift it without first lowering it eccentrically. When he got under the bar, the squat racks were lifted as well. He made squat racks that were welded to the bar. Paul also did a lot of partials for his squatting ability. He made lifts that even today would stagger the mind: 1160 in the 1950s. His most famous lifter was Paul Anderson. It would lower itself, and Bob would do eccentric work without the help of spotters.īob was very innovative when it came to lifting. He would also use a special device that would lift a heavy weight up to lockout. Bob did heavy rack work from different heights for squatting as well as deadlifting. His 725 deadlift at 185 in the 1940s and 1950s is legendary. When one thinks of rack work, Bob Peoples comes to mind.
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