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In 1968 Jackson Bowling, a writer for bodybuilding magazine Muscular Development set out to clear up any misconceptions about the growing trend of anabolic steroids in bodybuilding. Jackson’s advice? Use
Nicknamed the Iron Guru, Vince Gironda, as pictured above, was one the most famed bodybuilding coaches of the 20th century. An early proponent of low carb dieting, Vince churned out
Set in 1970s San Diego, cult comedy movie Anchorman featured a brief skit about jogging. In the scene, lead character Ron Burgundy attempts to explain the new fashionable jogging craze to
The What? The Danish Floor Press! Now we are finally moving into the niche of the fitness industry. What is the Danish Floor Press? This, rather wonderful, exercises comes courtesy
Who invented the Landmine? No. I’m not talking about the explosives! What I am talking about is the landmine attachment that is found in gyms all over the world. Many
My love of the World Strongest Man Competition is obvious. If you don’t believe, just check out some of our previous posts on the weird and wonderful of the WSM.
Reg Park was one of the mid-twentieth-century’s most impressive bodybuilders. He was large, strong and possessed a symmetry that few of his contemporaries could rival. What is even more impressive
It is a well-known fact that the majority of men to-day are relatively weak, whereas the struggle for existence demands now more than at any previous epoch that we should
How did you become a strength performer in the early 1900s? It’s not a trick question but something that I’ve become fascinated with in the past two weeks. This was
There are many supplements in the fitness game nowadays, and for better or worse, supplementation seems to have become a vital part of the fitness industry. Everyone nowadays is on