The Matysek Dumbbell is 11 inches long, weighs approx 8 LBS empty and has a 7/8 inch hole to allow a pair of these dumbbells to be attached to a bar. This can be seen in the photo “Exercise lll”
Anton Matysek, 1892-1963, won the ” Strongest Man in America” award in 1922. He was also a professional strongman on stage.
One of his specialties was a one hand lift of a custom bicycle that held ” three furious peddling riders” This can be seen in the Milo ad.
Matysek was the most famous of the Milo students.
In Alan Calvert’s book “Super-Strength” Matysek is pictured on the front piece.
For 10 cents you were sent a 48 page booklet “The Road to Success” His business was located in Baltimore MD
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were the dumbbells attached with typical collars? Do they say anything on them? Do you have a picture of the collars?