In November 2021, a 29-year-old professional bodybuilder collapsed onstage during a regional competition in Europe. He died a ...

In 1901, this “Father of Modern Bodybuilding” organized the first major bodybuilding contest, which was held in England’s Royal Albert Hall. This Austrian-born female bodybuilder adopted a ...

My dad had a copy of the Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, and my brothers and I loved flicking through the pages to read about the fitness icon's tips on sculpting a body like his. Of course ...

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 ...

came to be known as the Father of Modern Bodybuilding. 3) In 1901, the very first official bodybuilding competition was organized and judged by Eugen Sandow. It was called ‘The Great Competition’.

The world of bodybuilding was shocked to its core when the news about bodybuilding icon Rich Piana died in 2017. Piana, who was born in California in 1970, was an essential member of the fitness ...

In the modern bodybuilding industry, professional generally means a bodybuilder who has won qualifying competitions as an amateur and has earned a "pro card" from their respective organization.