In 1894 Eugen Sandow, alongside G. Mercer Adam published Sandow on Physical Training. This was the first training manual/biography which Sandow published but it was
Category: Biographies
Beer During Workouts? Arthur Saxon Approves!
Should you drink beer during workouts? It may seem a ludicrous suggestion but this is exactly what famed German strongman, Arthur Saxon, did in the
Guest Post: A Brief History of German Gymnastics in US Public Schools and its Relevance for PE Teachers Today
As several of the United States’ largest public school districts plan to continue online learning this fall, many physical education teachers will return to the
Robert Paris, ‘Defining the Iron Age’, Ironage.us (c. 2003)
For those of us whose bodybuilding heroes are from the IronAge, finding our place in the land of modern bodybuilding has been tough. We feel
Bobby Pandour: The Mysterious Muscle Man
Wladyslaw Kurcharczyk, or ‘Bobby Pandour’ is one of the most fascinating physical culturists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A gymnast by trade
The Life and Times of Professor Dowd
Born in Nelson Flats, New York, in 1854 Dowd was, if his own accounts and obituaries are to be believed, a somewhat unathletic child in