Showing posts with label Golden Age of Classic Physique Building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golden Age of Classic Physique Building. Show all posts
Sunday, January 18, 2009

The Golden Age, the Classic Ideal, and Mainstream Bodybuilding!

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(Photo above: Muscular Development Feb 09 issue - a modern mainstream bodybuilding mag; Photo Below: Mr. America June 58 issue - a Golden ...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Ben Weider: Classic Physique Builder and Golden Age Giant (1923-2008)

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(Photo above: Ben Weider - Classic Physique Builder and Golden Age Giant) It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Ben Weider,...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

The Golden Age of Classic Physique Building: The Classic Ideal

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What made the Golden Age of Classic Physique Building "Golden" was a conscious effort to emmulate the classic ideal. This can be s...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Joe Weider - Father of Classic Physique Building?

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We have mixed feelings about Joe. On the one hand, he was certainly in the position, along with his brother Ben, to stop the take-over of c...
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Saturday, September 1, 2007

Your Physique: Joe Weider's First Bodybuilding Magazine

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In a previous post, we stated that our beginning date for the Golden Age of Classic Physique Building was 1940 - the year that Joe Weider pu...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The Twilight of the Golden Age of Classic Physique Buildling: Harold Poole (Mr Universe 1963, Mr America 1964)

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The Golden Age of Classic Physique Building did not end ubruptly in 1960 with the advent of steroids, but it did fade away rapidly. Neverthe...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

The "Golden Age" of Classic Physique Building!

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What was the Golden Age of Bodybuilding? Well...that depends on who is defining it. For some, it was the era of "Muscle Beach." Fo...
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