Many think that bodybuilding is a modern day activity but
it really has its roots in the ancient 12th century. India
was where the first methods of bodybuilding training and
related eating programs developed. Over the next 300
years, the people in India were having phenomenal success.
The prototypes of dumbbells and free weights happened
during this period. Weight lifting and body building found
it element at the time.
It was not until the 1800's when bodybuilders came into the
western world like Eugene Sandow. It was not soon after
that bodybuilding contests sprang up in the early 1900's
validating hard work showing their bodybuilding expertise.
Bodybuilding competitions became a whole regime during this
time. The first father of the modern bodybuilding
movements was Sandow. He had frequent public appearances
in organized exhibitions to guarantee his voice and ideas
were heard. He also started a pioneering magazine on
fitness called "Physical Culture".
The authorities of the Olympic Games were pushed by Sandow
to include weightlifting and bodybuilding as one of the
many events. His tireless efforts in weightlifting awarded
him one of the major attractions in the Olympic Games
starting in 1896. It still this day is one of the most
viewed events in the modern games.
When bodybuilders such as Charles Atlas arrived in the
bodybuilding circuit around the 1900's, the sport became
even more widespread and lucrative. His legendary ads
quickly engulfed much of the press and spread over the
world, penetrating deeply in the psyche of all American
men. Who wouldn't want to look like Atlas with a great
body?
Exercise equipments began gaining popularity quickly in the
marketplace. People became more conscious of their bodies
and the way the training should be performed. They learned
how to eat properly, the exercise equipment to use in order
to sculpt their bodies into a perfect shape. This was the
beginning of the fitness industry forming as we know it
today.
Of course, once the Tarzan and Hercules movies became a
rage in the 1950's and the 1970's bodybuilding and
weightlifting took off. The quest for the beautiful body
and attention like Steve Reeves increased drastically.
Gold's Gym and the World Gym, founded by Joe Gold took on a
cult status in bodybuilding as many entrepreneurs scrambled
to dominate the industry.
Weightlifting and bodybuilding were at odds to segregate
themselves to become a sport by each group. The 1970's
created a new phenomenon in the name of Arnold
Schwarzenegger as he took the world by storm with his
incredible carved body of muscle. He also entered the
Guinness Book of World Records as the world's best
developed man and became a cult idol in his own sport.
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