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
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Guest Post:The Early History of 4 Famous Sporting Countries
There are a lot of countries renowned for their zealous sports fandoms; however, this hasn’t always been the case. In order to get where they
Tony Sansone’s Weight Gain Diet
Born at the turn of the twentieth-century, Tony Sansone is perhaps one of the most famous physical culturists never to turn his hand to bodybuilding.
When did Steroids become illegal in the United States?
Note: This article is about the legal history of Anabolic Steroids in the United States and not an endorsement or discussion about steroids and performance. There
The History of the Big Gulp
In the 1970s the average can of soda weighed about six ounces. Nowadays you can buy one weighing 32 ounces or more from 7-11s and
Guest Post: THE PELOTON WIFE AND DEBBIE DRAKE
Images of a young, beautiful woman filming herself with her Christmas gift went viral last month. A television advertisement for the home exercise cycle Peloton