The HISTORY of Bodybuilding, Explained.

This video is brilliantly put together! One of the best video's I've seen on the subject!

Dude old world bodybuilding (the OG OGs) is fascinating. It is crazy to see the sport so far back in time and yet there they are already doing the poses we do over 100 years later.

From health style life to drugs and male prostitution

great video!

damn how does this only have like 4k views? great video!

Honestly this is one of the best videos about bodybuilding I have seen. Good visuals and editing in addition to the well researched information provided.

I gotta sub just to help boost the count. great work!

Amazing video!

this channel is so underrated. I was shocked when I saw this only had 5k views.

imagine going back to the 1900s and giving those mfs pre-workout

awesome video. not too short, not too long. everything is beautiful.

Make more videos please

What a great video! The fans are waiting for the next one.

damn dude I thought this was a vox video until I looked twice, the algorithm better show this to more people

Thankyou so much for this film it really is incredible.
Perfectly presented and edited. Would have to be one of the most informative films of Bodybuilding in the Platinum era.

I'm amazed by the production quality of your vid! You have serious talent so keep going, you're gonna get there!

I think one day this video will pop-off and have 6 digit views. Brilliant video!

Great film.

I always tell the planet fitness personal trainers..."You're no Sandow"😆😆😈

Great video but steroids were actually around since the 30s, John Grimek won Mr. Universe in 1948 and admitted to steroid use.

Your editing style is impressive, very well done

The video editing is amazing!

That was brilliant.

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Eugene Sandow was perceived as a circus "freak". Some sort of accident of nature. Something no one alive had ever seen before. In late 1800's, women swooned to see him flex with his shirt off. (It bordered on the "in-decent".)

It was my understanding that wide public interest didn't occur until after WW-2. Men were wounded and spent weeks in casts or splints, to recover. During that inactivity, they lost strength and muscle mass. So, doctors suggested physical exercise to regain vigor.

A number of soldiers saw significant results and improvement. So, they did Not stop at mere "recovery". They went overboard, and kept exercising. Just to see what would happen. What "happened" was discovery that almost anyone could achieve remarkable development. Thus was re-born a wider public knowledge and interest.

I recall one Sunday in early 70's, watching on TV, "ABC Wide World of Sports". That episode showed an early contest. A real rarity on TV. The program's host back-pedaled, all but appologizing for airing something that might bore the viewers. The fledgling industry was trying to showcase and popularize itself.

Experts (the judges) explained that sheer size was Not the issue in winning. Anyone could gain that. They looked for Balanced development. Side-to-side, front-to-back, and top-to-bottom. In other words, massive pecs on skinny legs was Not good enough. Visual Balance was a winning sign of true skill and discipline in this new sport.

Excellent video! Very thorough analysis of the history of bodybuilding 💪

Good video, thanks.

Wow. Incredible video! Can’t believe you only have 900 subs.

Arnold himself took steroids before it was banned. And Lou is best known for portraying hulk

This was amazing.

Hello! Video was excellent, I'm wondering how I could get in touch with you? Thanks

Brilliant. Thanks 😊

bro the editing on this vid was really interting and sick

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yo this was really put together dude im sprised this is my first time seeing and hearing new thing i didnt know from one of the hysotry of fitness type vids

i can see the inventor of the bench. Press utilized it very frequently.

Excellent video of bodybuilding

thank you , beautiful video

Pretty awesome, you should do one on strength training/strongman, your editing and pace is great!

FANTASTIC VIDEO

Great video. You’re great at this so keep them coming

arnold is the best

amazing video :)

Bodybuilding history is incredibly inspiring

Superb video!

Correction: In this film I state that there were 52 competitors at Sandow's Great Competition, and that was not the case. I made this vid a good few years ago and honestly can't remember where I got that number from. But having recently made an in-depth doc all about Sandow's Great Competition, I can safely say that there were 60 competitors and not 52!