How bodybuilders' shapes have changed over the last 100 years (20 photos)

Category: Sports, PEGI 16
26 July 2017
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Most of us associate the word “bodybuilder” with Iron Arnie. But few people know that the bodybuilding industry appeared a long time ago. Let's now look at how bodybuilders' forms have changed over the past 100 years.

Mr. Murray, winner of the bodybuilding competition. Sandow bodybuilding competition circa 1905.

Mr. Eggleton, a follower of the Sandow school, 1905.

A German athlete trains at the Berlin Stadium, 1935.

World super heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis admires the biceps of Charlie Atlas, who was considered the most muscular man in the world at the time, 1938.

Lifting weights, 1940.

Hans Luber training in the gym, 1940.

James Lawrie, contender for Mr. Universe, 1951.

Bodybuilder Leo Robert, winner of the Mr. Universe title, 1955.

Jack Dehlinger, former Mr. America, flexes his muscles in front of Mrs. Saunders Sheila Clapham, 1956.

Contenders for the Mr. Universe title line up at the Royal Hotel in London, 1961.

Hubert Dennis, Jamaican Mr. Universe contestant, 1963.

Mister Great Britain Terry Parkinson and Miss Great Britain Norma Walker hold their trophies after finishing the Health and Strength League competition, 1964.

Participants in the Mr. Universe competition in London, 1971.

Mr. Universe contestant Serge Nubret shows off his muscles during the qualifying round of the competition. 1976

Later he began to look like this.

Shigeru Sugita, Japanese participant of the National Amateur Association "Mr. Universe", 1976.

The well-known Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1980.

Phil Heath "Mr. Olympia", 2012.

And this is what Phil Heath looked like before when he played basketball.

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6 comments
gotar
gotar
26 July 2017
3 321 comment
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Только Арни норм выглядит. Остальное - или хлюпики в сравнении, или перекачаный Фил.
vitalyD
27 July 2017
1 292 comments
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нынешние синтол
Оксана1974
Оксана1974
28 July 2017
0
Действительно красивые и гармоничные тела были в 50-х годах
чао
чао
28 July 2017
0
vitalyD,ппц вас жаль
hakimaro
hakimaro
28 July 2017
0
Оксана1974,
про Шварца нельзя сказать, что он выглядел плохо, или не гармонично
светл
светл
29 July 2017
0
Вспомнил фотографию какого-то русского атлетического клуба (групповое фото)-так по сравнению с борцами на этой фотографии все эти англичане, немцы и тежи американцы выглядят вторым сортом если не хуже.
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