Physical Culture Study
Studying the History of Fitness
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The Man Who Made the Modern Gym (and the Man Who Took the Credit)
Harold Zinkin spent part of his youth at the bottom of a four-man human pyramid on Muscle Beach, holding up three men while the crowd watched the one on top. History may be written by the victors, but it’s also written by the loudmouths, and Zinkin was never a loudmouth. He was…
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Steve Reeves, Before He Was Steve Reeves
On 29 June 1947, 21-year-old Steve Reeves won the Mr. America contest in Chicago. Around 3,000 spectators watched him take the title, and Peary Rader, editor of Iron Man, was smitten. Reeves had enormous shoulders, narrow hips, a handsome face and a physique that seemed almost…