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- catalog abstract ""Before Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Reeves, or Charles Atlas, there was Eugen Sandow, a muscular vaudeville strongman who used his good looks, intelligence, and business savvy to forge a fitness empire. The German-born Sandow (1867-1925) established a worldwide string of gyms, published a popular magazine, sold exercise equipment, and pioneered the use of food supplements. He even marketed a patented health corset for his female followers." "Among the colorful figures who played a part in Sandow's life are Bernarr Macfadden, Florenz Ziegfeld, Lillian Russell, and others in sports and the theater." "Sandow the Magnificent is the story of this first showman to emphasize physique display rather than lifting prowess. Sandow's is also the story of the earliest days of the fitness movement, and Chapman explains the popularity of physical culture in terms of its wider social implications. Sandow was a proponent of exercise to alleviate physical ailments, anticipating the field of physical therapy. By making exercise fashionable, he encouraged the fitness craze that still endures." "As the first superstar in his field, Sandow also pried open some surprising cracks in the Victorian wall of prudery. His nude photographs, a kind of soft-core pornography, were anxiously sought by both male and female admirers, and after many of his major public events he gave private "receptions" wearing little more than a G-string."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b5730952.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""Before Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Reeves, or Charles Atlas, there was Eugen Sandow, a muscular vaudeville strongman who used his good looks, intelligence, and business savvy to forge a fitness empire. The German-born Sandow (1867-1925) established a worldwide string of gyms, published a popular magazine, sold exercise equipment, and pioneered the use of food supplements. He even marketed a patented health corset for his female followers." "Among the colorful figures who played a part in Sandow's life are Bernarr Macfadden, Florenz Ziegfeld, Lillian Russell, and others in sports and the theater." "Sandow the Magnificent is the story of this first showman to emphasize physique display rather than lifting prowess. Sandow's is also the story of the earliest days of the fitness movement, and Chapman explains the popularity of physical culture in terms of its wider social implications. Sandow was a proponent of exercise to alleviate physical ailments, anticipating the field of physical therapy. By making exercise fashionable, he encouraged the fitness craze that still endures." "As the first superstar in his field, Sandow also pried open some surprising cracks in the Victorian wall of prudery. His nude photographs, a kind of soft-core pornography, were anxiously sought by both male and female admirers, and after many of his major public events he gave private "receptions" wearing little more than a G-string."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The early years, 1867-89 -- The first triumph, 1889 -- The growing reputation, 1890-93 -- New York and Chicago, 1893-94 -- The tour of America, 1894-96 -- A growing business, 1897-1901 -- Triumphs and travels, 1901-7 -- The final years, 1908-25.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 229 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0252020332".
- catalog isPartOf "Sport and society".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "646.7/5/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Bodybuilders United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Bodybuilding United States History.".
- catalog subject "GV545.S26 C43 1994".
- catalog subject "Sandow, Eugen, 1867-1925.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The early years, 1867-89 -- The first triumph, 1889 -- The growing reputation, 1890-93 -- New York and Chicago, 1893-94 -- The tour of America, 1894-96 -- A growing business, 1897-1901 -- Triumphs and travels, 1901-7 -- The final years, 1908-25.".
- catalog title "Sandow the Magnificent : Eugen Sandow and the beginnings of bodybuilding / David L. Chapman.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".