Although there is a popular Muscle Beach in nearby Venice Beach, the Santa Monica location is considered the "original." Recent visitors said the Original Muscle Beach has a vibrant energy and ...

the beach is home to unique amenities like the Original Muscle Beach (a 1930s-era beach park with retro gym equipment), the Santa Monica Pier and Pacific Park amusement park. There are plenty of ...

Muscle Beach in Santa Monica lit the spark for America’s fitness craze. Back in the 1930s, this sandy stretch just south of the Santa Monica Pier became a hot spot where gymnasts, acrobats ...

Located to the south of the Santa Monica Pier, Original Muscle Beach was established in the early 1930s. It quickly grew from a few tumbling mats and gymnastic bars to the epicentre of the 20th ...

In a destination famous for its easy-breezy vibe, Regent Santa Monica Beach is now the most high-profile and most glamorous in the game. The original ... just in front of Muscle Beach, Regent ...

Not to be confused with its showier Venice sibling, it’s also home to the original Muscle Beach. This workout playground for grown-ups has given Santa Monica’s biggest and burliest somewhere ...

In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration, in one of its many economy-stimulating public works projects, installed sets of exercise equipment on the beach just south of the Santa Monica Pier ...