Joe Weider, IMO, was nothing more than a con man. He posted exaggerated claims as to what his products could do, he took what other bodybuilders were doing and claimed it as something he created in his “Weider Research Institute”, which was nothing more than a closet. You look at the “artistic” representation he had created of himself and all are exaggerated. The graphic he used for his Triple Progressive Course - he never look anything like that. The bust he commissioned of himself? His head on Robby Robinson’s body. To give him this much credit does a disservice to those whose shoulders he stood (and profited) on.
Weider never wrote that book. His editor of “Muscle & Fitness” magazine, Bill Reynolds, wrote all the weirder books. I know because I acquired the Weider books for Contemporary Books publishing company in Chicago. I edited those books and worked with Reynolds.
Hoffman was known for his weight sets that set the standards. York barbell owned by Hoffman, was the weights used in the Olympics for decades. Weider's weights were made by Dan Lurie in the beginning. Weider screwed him and their partnership split.
actually Eugen Sandow is the father of modern Bodybuilding,and Mark Berry is the father and creator of the slver era of bodybuilding when he released the Mark Berry Barbell Courses in 1936 which was the training methods that caused phsyqiues to start getting bigger. Weider as the father of Bodybuilding was a lie he promoted,because he new the father along away from the silver era we got the more younger people would believe it
Joe Weider, IMO, was nothing more than a con man. He posted exaggerated claims as to what his products could do, he took what other bodybuilders were doing and claimed it as something he created in his “Weider Research Institute”, which was nothing more than a closet. You look at the “artistic” representation he had created of himself and all are exaggerated. The graphic he used for his Triple Progressive Course - he never look anything like that. The bust he commissioned of himself? His head on Robby Robinson’s body.
To give him this much credit does a disservice to those whose shoulders he stood (and profited) on.
Weider never wrote that book. His editor of “Muscle & Fitness” magazine, Bill Reynolds, wrote all the weirder books. I know because I acquired the Weider books for Contemporary Books publishing company in Chicago. I edited those books and worked with Reynolds.
The York Bar bell courses was the first to use the set / series training methods
Actually Alan Calvert created the first standardized adjustable barbells and dumbbells
Joe Weider and Bodybuilding Forever.
Hoffman was known for his weight sets that set the standards. York barbell owned by Hoffman, was the weights used in the Olympics for decades. Weider's weights were made by Dan Lurie in the beginning. Weider screwed him and their partnership split.
yep
actually Eugen Sandow is the father of modern Bodybuilding,and Mark Berry is the father and creator of the slver era of bodybuilding when he released the Mark Berry Barbell Courses in 1936 which was the training methods that caused phsyqiues to start getting bigger. Weider as the father of Bodybuilding was a lie he promoted,because he new the father along away from the silver era we got the more younger people would believe it
Weider exploited Arnold? Right. I guess that's why he never amounted to anything.
Great Joe Weider. Nice
Weider was a momo