9 Pioneers of Fitness

In the composition of a list of important people in almost all areas, everyone will have their own favorites. In addition, weightlifting, bodybuilding, physical fitness, aerobics, to name some areas there are many people who have contributed so much it's hard to narrow the list down correctly. I tried, however, includes people who came several times to my attention my first contact to 16 weight training in 1961. I tried to focus on the people I felt were something fundamental in the areas of weight lifting, weight training, aerobics and general fitness. I'm sure many readers will have their own favorites.

 Eugen Sandow The Non Pareil (1867 - 1925) Born in Germany, Eugen Sandow has often been called the "Father of Modern Bodybuilding". Like Charles Atlas, in his youth, Sandow was a great admirer of Greek and Roman statues of athletes and gladiators. Sandow is considered a pioneer in bodybuilding because it measures statues to determine the exact proportions and then worked to develop their own body parts to match them. In his teens, while in shows strong men, was seen and accepted by legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld. His big splash in America was in the world in 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. His intelligence, natural charm and cultivated appearance combined with its physical and strength that surprised him a star. Women actually paid money for the privilege of feeling his muscles. For men, has written extensively on health, fitness and. He, like Bernarr Macfadden and Charles Atlas offered a mail order course to teach their students how to achieve health and fitness.

Finally, the progressive fitness club in London, which was the opposite of moist, dark and sweaty gyms of the day it opened. With his personality and innovation, is the popular exercise and fitness for a wider audience than previously achieved. Bernarr Macfadden (1868 - 1955) Born Bernard Adolphus McFadden in the state of Missouri, Bernarr Macfadden changed their names because I felt that new names had a greater appearance of strength. This was not the only strange activity of the man who advocated regular fasting, and some very esoteric health practices for the day and whose wife called him a crackpot. He combined his own personal fitness and health practices opinions in an entity called "physical culture" which became the title of his first magazine. Over time, it became a bit of a publishing magnate, but is generally considered along the boundaries of reality in his obsessive approach to fitness. However, it has inspired young men like Charles Atlas and brought the idea of health and fitness as a lifestyle to a wider public party. Charles Atlas (1892 - 1972) Angelo Siciliano was born in 1892 in Acri, Calabria, southern Italy. In 1905, his parents emigrated to America with young Angelo.

A few years later, he changed his name to "Charles", when he won a photo contest in a magazine produced by the creator of "physical culture" Bernarr Macfadden. Young Charles was inspired to improve their physique.by Greek statues he saw at the Brookly Art Gallery. His first attempts with gym makeshift bar was made of sticks and stones. His observation of animals in the zoo, however, led him to found a series of fitness activities in their apparent means to maintain their fitness in captivity. He called his discovery Dynamic Voltage and continued to market your program to thousands of boys and men. On the way to becoming "Charles Atlas", posed for statues of Atlas.

Some of which were exhibited in the museum where he found his initial inspiration. At the time of his death, yet the daily exercise and running every other day. Its ongoing dynamic tension has been the inspiration for more than three million men and children. Hoffman (1898 - 1985) Bob Hoffman is considered by many as the "Father of World Weightlifting" and was the founder of York Barbell He was an athlete, nutritionist, weightlifter, coach and philanthropist Although an outstanding athlete as a kid.. , mature Bob Hoffman was never a great weightlifter or coach. However, his vision, sense of purpose, and personal belief in the value of weightlifting led him to create York Barbell, a company that has always been recognized as the leading manufacturer of weightlifting equipment and is still in existence today. while many believe his writings and opinions were "above" personal courage and willingness to face adversity showed not only later in his life he advocated and defended their positions, but also during the First World War, where he was awarded three Croix Wars with two palms and a silver star from France, the Belgian Order Leopold of Belgium, the Italian war Cross by Italy and the Purple Heart for America. Jack LaLanne (1914 - present) Francois Henri Lalanne, best known to American audiences as Jack and considered the "Godfather of Fitness," has had a widely viewed television program in the 1950s Interestingly, his show was not doubt seen and monitored more women than men, and may have played a role in promoting the idea that women can "get in shape." Unlike many of the early fitness supporters Jack LaLanne has carefully considered its field and has introduced what he felt his studies told him it was the right way to do things. He is still active in the gym today, marketing a full range of fitness and nutritional products.

 Joe Weider (1922 - present) Joe Weider is probably one of the easiest to recognize in the bodybuilding field numbers today. He was credited with not only be a driving force in the field of bodybuilding and fitness, but has helped countless bodybuilders career, no less than what was a young Austrian named Arnold Schwarzenegger. He began his fitness career in the construction of his first measures of wheels and axles car scrapped. At 17, with a share of $ 7, he began his publishing career with the deployment of the first edition of "physical" in 1939. In 1968 he changed the name of the magazine to strengthen muscles and in 1982 changed again, this time for "Muscle & Fitness". With his brother and partner, Ben Weider, Joe Weider founded the International Federation of Body Builders (IFBB). His publications now include such diverse offerings as "Shape", "fitness for men," "Living Fit", "Premier Health and Fitness", "Fit Pregnancy", "kitchen", "senior golfer" and "Flex" . Weider now offers a wide range of books on fitness and strength training, nutritional supplements and bodybuilding and weight lifting equipment and accessories. Kenneth Cooper (1931 - present) A doctor (MD) and former officer in the Air Force, Dr. Ken Cooper is probably best known for his book, "Aerobics" which was published in 1968 and has been a driving force in the I am getting interested in fitness.

Description Dr Cooper-earth in what he calls the "ripple effect" as well as a formatting process by which one could achieve health and fitness, as well as vivid descriptions of what the personal effects would be for someone to follow a fitness program, makes his book a success. In fact, some have speculated that simple little book by Kenneth Cooper, "aerobic", may have been the impetus that fitness in the minds and hearts of millions of people worldwide. Today, Dr. Cooper is the director of the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas. Richard Simmons (1948 - present) Flamboyant is a word commonly used to describe the inflatable structure without constantly cheerful aerobics guru Richard Simmons. It is estimated that Richard Simmons has helped and encouraged people worldwide to lose more than £ 3 million through a combination of a healthy diet and vigorous exercise. Simmons has produced several programs like "Disco Sweat," "Sweating to the Oldies" and "Stretchin" classic "that includes all of the humor and the signature of high excitement. He created products and programs ranging of gentle stretching for seniors in high intensity aerobics teaching.

My wife, who hates exercise, like Richard Simmons and actually got to where she could follow some very intense workouts, but had start by sitting on the couch and just do the movements of the hand. Jane Fonda (1937 - present) Many do not recognize the famous star of films like "Barbarella" and "Coming Home" and daughter of actor Henry Fonda, pioneering fitness or guru. For many years, he was best known as an actress with a sexy body, a great name, and intense political views. However, from 1982 to the mid-90s, Ms. Fonda has launched several fitness videos that have become very popular, especially with women. In fact, today, many people who know Jane Fonda know her more as an advocate for fitness, health, exercise, yoga and aerobics as a movie star.

While Jane Fonda was no immediate health science contributions and fitness, she, like Richard Simmons, was able to increase his stature with a broad female audience and helped make the mode exercise, sweat, get fit and feminine. Jane Fonda may have helped to advance public awareness of the value and virtues of exercise and fitness, to the point that many people now consider a woman physically fit to be a sexy woman only because of his physical condition. Well, there you have it. Nine people who somehow positively affected, altered or improved fields bodybuilding, weightlifting, aerobics, or general fitness. Donovan Baldwin is a writer of Texas and the University of West Florida student. He was a member of Mensa, and retired from the US Army after 21 years of service. In his career, he held various management and monitoring. However, its main pleasures have long been writing, nature, health and fitness. In recent years, he has been able to combine the pleasures of writing poetry and articles on topics such as health, fitness, weight lifting, yoga, weight loss, environment , global warming, happiness, self-improvement and life.