Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton lifting 135 lbs overhead at Muscle Beach, California. Circa 1940s.

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image showing Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton lifting 135 lbs overhead at Muscle Beach, California. Circa 1940s.

tacos_for_algernon on April 11st, 2024 at 17:15 UTC »

If that's "pudgy," I'll take some more pudgy.

Electrical-Aspect-13 on April 11st, 2024 at 17:18 UTC »

Born 11 of August of 1917, died on the 26 of June 2006. Early woman weightlifter, promotor of female physical culture as well as femenine icon of the athletic world. She weighted between 115-20 pounds and could support her own husband who was 185 lbs.

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North-Ad-5058 on April 11st, 2024 at 19:38 UTC »

Weights weighed less back in the day