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Joseph Curtis Hise was a true weight lifting pioneer. Joe started lifting weights during the early 1930’s. At this time he just couldn’t get his bodyweight over 200 pounds. But he later read about the squat in Mark Berry’s magazines and gave it a try. By including high rep squats as a regular exercise in his workouts, Joe gained a whopping 29 pounds, tipping the scale at 229!

He continued experimenting along this line and finally reached a bodyweight of 298, with an arm measurement of 19 inches, a chest of 56 and thighs of 33 inches. Even today such girths are considered fantastic but in those days they were simply beyond comprehension. Joe’s results helped make the 20 rep squat program “World Famous” for gaining solid muscular bodyweight.

Hise published articles in many of the old time muscle magazines and indirectly helped thousands of guys get bigger and stronger. Joseph Curtis Hise passed away September 1972.