a 19th century German strongman once described as “the finest specimen of manhood.” He didn’t invent weight training, but he was the first to turn bodybuilding into a global celebrity brand.

You may not have heard of him, but George Hackenschmidt is considered as the pioneer of bodybuilding. But aside from his weightlifting efforts, Hackenschmidt was the first recognised World ...

A 19th-century Swedish doctor ... Sargent had been a circus strongman, and in 1869 he became the gymnasium director of Bowdoin College in Maine after beating one of the students in a boxing ...