After three years of pumping up, slimming down and posing, Britain, and the world was treated to the first ever bodybuilding competition in 1901. Hosted by the legendary
Tag: History of Bodybuilding
Bev Francis – A Balanced Approach For Dynamite Delts (1991)
It never thought in terms of training individual bodyparts when I was a world-champion powerlifters, and I certainly never did any specific shoulder exercises as
Guest Post: A Comprehensive Look At The History of Physical Fitness
Photo courtesy of Flickr The way we look at physical fitness today is way too different from the way people used to consider it during
Sigmund Klein and the invention of Leg Curl?
Lifters today often take machine training for granted. From leg presses to leg extensions, its easy to think that such inventions have existed since the
The First Mr. Olympia
It all began in April 1965 in a Joe Weider magazine… Sick and tired of conversations about who was the greatest bodybuilder, Weider had decided
The History of the Smith Machine
Ah yes, the dreaded Smith Machine. Criticised for its unnatural movements, failure to fully tax the muscles and its generally unappealing design. Who invented the Smith