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started by Chris Mardare on 23 Jan 12
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    Early Years

    Bodybuilding has its roots in India within the 11th century when men would lift a particularly sized piece of stone to be able to determine which of the participants had the greatest strength.

    However, bodybuilding became established in the West sometime throughout the period 1880 to 1930. Bodybuilding might be described because the art of displaying one's muscles.

    It didn't really exist prior to the late 19th century, when it was brought to prominence by a Prussian called Eugen Sandow, who's now generally referred to as "The Father of Contemporary Bodybuilding". He is credited as being the founder from the sport since he was the first to present himself in front of an audience to ensure that they could appreciate viewing his physique.

    Although audiences enjoyed watching males with well-developed physique, these participants simply displayed their bodies as part of strength demonstrations or wrestling matches. However Sandow stage managed, using the help of his manager, an impressive show which was built to augment these displays.

    He became so successful with his shows that he established several businesses and was amongst the very first to marketplace products based on his own brand name. As his popularity increased, he was credited with inventing and promoting the very first exercise gear that had mass appeal, which includes dumbbells, spring pulleys and tension bands.

    He was a powerful advocate of "the Grecian Ideal" which was based on the proportions of ancient Greek and Roman statues from the classical period that he regarded as personifying the perfect physique. This is the way in which he developed his personal physique.

    Within the early years, males had been judged by how closely they matched these "ideal" proportions. One of his greatest achievements was when he organised the first bodybuilding contest in 1901, which he known as the "Great Competition", and held it in the Royal Albert Hall, in London. In order to produce the required impact, Sandow himself was the main judge, and he was fortunate in securing the agreement of two leading luminaries from the period, Sir Charles Lawes, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

    Because it turned out, the success from the contest exceeded his wildest dreams. It was totally sold out with hundreds of disappointed physical culture enthusiasts being turned away.

    To demonstrate his total invincibility, the winner's trophy was a bronze statue of Sandow himself, sculpted by Frederick Pomeroy, and was presented to William L. Murray of Nottingham, in England, the very 1st winner of this coveted award.

    Since 1977, the winner from the Mr Olympia, which is uniquely regarded as the most prestigious bodybuilding contest anywhere within the world, has had the distinct privilege of becoming presented with the exact same bronze statue of Sandow that he himself presented towards the winner from the 1st contest.

    The very first American bodybuilding competitors took location, in 1904, in the colossal Madison Square Gardens, in New York, at which the winner was declared "The Most Perfectly Developed Man in the World". A couple of weeks later, Thomas Edison produced a film of the winner demonstrating numerous posing routines.

    A couple of years earlier, Sandow had starred in two films, made by Thomas Edison, which established him because the very first person to star in three films depicting his finesse as a bodybuilder.

    Two hugely popular exponents of the art of bodybuilding in the 20th century, Bernard MacFadden and Charles Atlas, continued to promote the sport across the world with excellent success.

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