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WEBIn the decades before bodybuilding became fashionable, when young men wanted to workout, they would say, "Hey, lets' go to the YMCA and lift weights" In fact, during the …

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Dr. Mel Siff, A Short History of Strength and Conditioning (Dolfzine

WEBStrength training has always been synonymous with the so-called "Iron Game," a broad generic term that includes the competitive lifting of heavy objects by …

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The Health Lift, the greatest machine you’ve never heard of!

WEBThe ‘Health Lift’ provides everything you need and more. In the mid-nineteenth century, a fitness machine swept across the United States. Costing over …

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Fitness in the Classical Age

WEBPhysical fitness was used to teach young Spartans discipline, mental toughness and the importance of good health. Men entered the Spartan army at the age …

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Bob Hoffman and the World’s First Protein Bar

WEBReasoning that more energy was the deciding factor, Hoffman took to his makeshift lab to create a blended fudge consisting of his patented Hi-Proteen blend, …

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Creatine: A Short History

WEBWell simply put, creatine is a compound formed in protein metabolism and present in much living tissue. In 1832, French philosopher and scientist, Michel Eugene …

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A Brief History Of Physical Fitness

WEBStaying Healthy. The Chinese began to recognize the importance of physical activity sometime between 2500-250 B.C. Physical inactivity was linked to poor health, …

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The History of Fitness

WEBThe first decade of the 1800s saw physical education take proper shape with Friedrich Jahn, known as the “father of gymnastics” encouraging people to go out and …

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Guest Post: History of Gyms: Then and Now

WEBThe answer lies in three main things. Firstly, in the late 19 th century, wealthier citizens were looking for any way to improve themselves overall, fitness …

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The Traditional Irish Diet

WEBThe starchy carb was first sold in Spain in 1573 and by the 1590s had spread throughout Europe. Whilst the exact date of its arrival in Ireland is unknown, by the mid …

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The History of the Foam Roller

WEBIn 1987 physical therapist and then Feldenkrais student, Sean Gallagher began to use foam rollers as a self massage tool. Gallagher soon got in contact with …

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Who Invented the Body Mass Index

WEBKeys was attempting to settle a decade’s long debate amongst the medical community about which formula best measured obesity and life expectancy. Remarkably …

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Soy, Science and Selling: Bob Hoffman’s Hi-Proteen Powder

WEBIn the early 1950s, Irvin Johnson (later called Rheo H. Blair) began selling “Johnson’s Hi Protein Food” through Hoffman’s Health and Strength magazine. Despite …

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The Fabulous Zabo Koszewski

WEBWithout a doubt he is the best known and most popular muscle man in Southern California. “Zabo” made his appearance in this world on August 20, 1922, and …

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Weight Loss in 1920s America: The Reducing Craze

WEBPublished by. In the 1920s a new fitness craze hit white America called reducing. As the name suggests, reducing had everything to do with losing weight but …

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JFK’s Fitness Programme (1961-1962)

WEBJ.F.K’s election saw the President express his desire to tackle the Nation’s ill health. Upon his election in 1961, the President and his team released over 200,000 …

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Guest Post A Brief History of Dietary Supplements

WEBA product that supplements diets by increasing overall dietary intake. A product containing concentrates, metabolites, constituents, extracts or combinations of …

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Clint Eastwood – the Ambassador of Fitness (Scott Hays, 1991)

WEBPublished in Muscle & Fitness in 1991, the following article details the keep fit routine of Clint Eastwood, the Hollywood actor/director then in his early sixties. …

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