One of the original trailblazers – a man who inspired the bodybuilding movement – was Eugen Sandow. Jay Paull//Getty Images Known as the 'father of modern bodybuilding', Sandow was born in ...

his body on the statues of ancient Greek athletes, Eugen Sandow became an icon for both men and ... Schwarzenegger contacted the Museum with a request. As the father of bodybuilding, Sandow was a hero ...

Chet, as he was known to his fans and loved ones, is also known as the “Father of Natural Bodybuilding”. Eugene Sandow is hailed as the father of modern physical culture. The trophies for the ...

The London strongman scene was never the same after Eugen Sandow. Now called the “father of bodybuilding,” Sandow crushed his weightlifting competitors, revolutionized the way the world viewed ...

Eugen Sandow was an internationally famous strongman ... became the face of the physical culture movement and a pioneer of bodybuilding. Historically, the term “physical culture” is associated ...

Bodybuilding as we know it was born in the ... in Maine after beating one of the students in a boxing match. 5. Eugen Sandow: the first modern bodybuilder Eugen Sandow – born Friedrich Müller ...

Bodybuilding, in fact ... eventually finding international fame as a strongman under the stage name Eugen Sandow. Until Sandow hit the scene, muscles were only for ugly, lower-class citizens ...

One of the original trailblazers – a man who inspired the bodybuilding movement – was Eugen Sandow. Known as the 'father of modern bodybuilding', Sandow was born in Prussia in 1867. He gained interest ...