JOE Weider was hailed by Arnold Schwarzenegger as the “Godfather of Fitness”. He was also the mastermind behind some of bodybuilding’s biggest competitions and publications — here’… ...

Joe Weider, a legendary figure in the world of bodybuilding whose name became synonymous with the sport, died Saturday at the age of 93. ... homemade weights he built from scrap parts.

He created one of bodybuilding's pre-eminent events, the Mr. Olympia competition, in 1965, adding to it the Ms. Olympia contest in 1980, the Fitness Olympia in 1995 and the Figure Olympia in 2003.

Joe Weider, fitness mentor to Schwarzenegger, dies. ... Inspired instead by the magazine, he built his own weights from scrap parts found in a railroad yard and pumped them relentlessly.

Weider popularized bodybuilding worldwide, creating a multimillion-dollar empire of magazines such as Muscle & Fitness, Men's Fitness and Shape, and discovered Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In recent years, Mr. Weider donated much of his bodybuilding memorabilia to the University of Texas at Austin, which opened the Joe and Betty Weider Museum of Physical Culture in 2011.

Joe Weider, the self-made fitness and bodybuilding guru who built a magazine empire that included more than a dozen popular publications such as Muscle and Fitness, Shape and Men’s Fitness, died ...

LOS ANGELES – Joe Weider, a legendary figure in bodybuilding who helped popularize the sport worldwide and played a key role in introducing a charismatic young weightlifter named Arnold Schwa… ...