The Strong Man journal was a monthly publication for and of muscle culturists. We have made the first 6 issues of The Strong Man from June 1931 to November 1931 available to flip through or view in PDF format on The Strongman Project website. June 1931 Vol. 1 No. 1 – First Issue To view...
Started in 1860 by Dr. Dio Lewis, Lewis’s Gymnastic Monthly and Journal of Physical Culture was originally titled, “Lewis’ New Gymnastics for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children and Boston Journal of Physical Culture.” Below is the third issue of the journal. View this issue and other issues from 1862 in PDF format. Lewis’ New Gymnastics for...
Iron Game History: The Journal of Physical Culture (IGH) was founded in 1990 by Terry and Jan Todd who wanted to promote academic scholarship related to the history of the strength sports, exercise, nutrition, training for sport, and other aspects of physical culture. Like the Stark Center itself, Iron Game History defines physical culture as “the various activities...
Health and Life magazine was published in June 1922 as a “national monthly magazine for health, physical education and right living.” Published by Health and Life Publishing Company of Chicago, Illinois with editor-in-chief Bernard Bernard, the magazine included a regular section on the American Continental Weightlifters’ Association. By 1926 (Volume 5, No. 2), the magazine changed...
Strength, first published in 1914, was the channel needed by Alan Calvert to get the public to start using weights. Calvert had opened his business, Milo Bar-Bell, in 1902, on the premise that lifting heavy weights was the key to strength and physical conditioning. His adjustable barbells paved the way for the development of progressive...
Launched in March 1899, Physical Culture, published by Bernarr Macfadden, contained dietary advice, weight training information, and an incredible collection of health-related articles. It continued to be published, with a number of name changes, until the early 1960s. Click on the button below to read through a selection of Physical Culture magazines dating from October 1899 to...
Your Physique was a very influential magazine throughout its publication.
