Muscle Beach

Where the best Bodies in the World started a fitness revolution

Nonfiction, Sports, Bodybuilding & Weight Training, Health & Well Being, Fitness, Exercise, Health
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Author: Marla Matzer Rose ISBN: 9781466873490
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group Publication: June 10, 2014
Imprint: St. Martin's Press Language: English
Author: Marla Matzer Rose
ISBN: 9781466873490
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication: June 10, 2014
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
Language: English

The Story Behind America's Iconic Patch of Sand--Muscle Beach, California

Almost half a century before health clubs, fitness videos and weight training became American obsessions, a pioneering enclave in Santa Monica, California, started the physical culture boom. In the 1940s, Jack LaLanne, Vic Tanny, Joe Gold, Les and Pudgy Stockton and others like them drew thousands of visitors to the beach to watch their feats of strength and acrobatic displays. As more viewers became participants, body building and fitness became a part of the mainstream culture.
Muscle Beach by Marla Matzer Rose is full of rich, new material about the original Muscle Beachers, many of whom are still alive and testaments to the benefits of a life devoted to fitness. With its fresh anecdotes and thirty-two rare and wonderful photographs, this history brings a legendary stretch of beach into focus.

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The Story Behind America's Iconic Patch of Sand--Muscle Beach, California

Almost half a century before health clubs, fitness videos and weight training became American obsessions, a pioneering enclave in Santa Monica, California, started the physical culture boom. In the 1940s, Jack LaLanne, Vic Tanny, Joe Gold, Les and Pudgy Stockton and others like them drew thousands of visitors to the beach to watch their feats of strength and acrobatic displays. As more viewers became participants, body building and fitness became a part of the mainstream culture.
Muscle Beach by Marla Matzer Rose is full of rich, new material about the original Muscle Beachers, many of whom are still alive and testaments to the benefits of a life devoted to fitness. With its fresh anecdotes and thirty-two rare and wonderful photographs, this history brings a legendary stretch of beach into focus.

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