Some bodybuilders use anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs to build muscles and recover from injuries more quickly, but competitions sometimes ban using them because of the health risks.
Some bodybuilders use anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs to build muscles.
Some bodybuilders use anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs to build muscles.
Stone-lifting traditions were practiced in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Tamilakam.[6] Western weightlifting developed in Europe from 1880 to 1953, with strongmen displaying.
Bodybuilding developed in the late 19th century, promoted in England by German Eugen Sandow, now considered as the "Father of Modern Bodybuilding". He allowed audiences to enjoy viewing his physique in "muscle display performances".
Sandow was so successful at flexing and posing his physique that he later created several businesses around his fame, and was among the first to market products branded with his name. He was credited with inventing and selling the first exercise equipment.
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Many other important bodybuilders in the early history of bodybuilding prior to 1930 include: Earle Liederman writer of some of bodybuilding's earliest books.
