Strength And How To Obtain It

Inbunden bok. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd. 3 uppl. 1905. 152 sidor.

Gott skick. Skyddsomslag saknas. 185 x 125 mm. En klassiker i bodybuilding! Inkl. affisch. Pärmen är nött och fläckvis blekt. Inlagan lätt gulnad. Trådbunden. Bindningen håller ihop. Namnad. Språk: engelska/ English. -------------
Eugen Sandow was a Prussian bodybuilder in the late 19th and early 20th century and is the inspiration for the Mr. Olympia competition today, as he is credited for starting the first major bodybuilding competition in 1901. Sandow is considered one of the main pioneers of bodybuilding as he modeled his training to mimic the greek ideal physique. He wrote several books discussing weightlifting, in addition to discussing the psychological aspect of it.

Strength And How To Obtain It was Eugen Sandow's first commercial book, and it helped to establish him as the most famous and commercially successful circus strongman in the world. Sandow was also in a very real sense the first modern bodybuilder; and he gained fame in Edison's early movies and on the vaudeville stage. Sandow counted as his friends the Kings and Queens of Europe, presidents and much of artistic and intelligencia of the West; and in fact with his Physical Culture Schools, Books, Magazine, Exercise Systems and Devices (Sandow Grip dumbbells and Sandow Elastic Exerciser etc) he popularised and educated people everywhere about the benefits of the healthy lifestyle to be obtained through proper exercise and good food.