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27. Dez. 2022 · 2.4K. 36K views 11 months ago. An exploration of the life and achievements of Melvin Wells. A relatively unknown bodybuilder of the Silver Era. Old School Bodybuilding playlist: • Old School ...
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1. Juli 2001 · July 1, 2001. Gallery of Ironmen: Melvin Wells. Melvin Wells battled racism on and off the bodybuilding stage. David Chapman. Opportunities for young African-American men were scant in the early days of bodybuilding, but one man, Melvin Wells, proved that greatness could prevail even though racism and injustice conspired to defeat him.
5. Nov. 2018 · 3.5K views 5 years ago. In this video I introduce Melvin Wells, a bodybuilder with some of the most incredible genetics I have ever seen from the late 1940s! These photos taken from my copy of...
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- Golden Era Bookworm
- Defining Old School
- Eugen Sandow
- Bobby Pandour
- Al Treloar
- Maxick
- Charles Atlas
- Sig Klein
- Alan P. Mead
- Melvin Wells
- Steve Reeves
Before diving into this list, understand that the dichotomy between pre and post-steroid use in bodybuilding is not a clear line. Without oversight by a governing body like the World Anti-Doping Agency or the International Testing Agency, it is impossible to say with complete certainty which athletes did or did not have access to exogenous hormones...
Born Friedrich Wilhelm Mueller in 1867, the “Father of Modern Bodybuilding” Eugen Sandowwas the world’s first global physique superstar. He toured worldwide, helping to popularize early forms of weight training and even hosted the world’s first formal physique contest. Sandow was hailed at the time for his physical perfection and muscle growth. His...
Wladyslaw Kurcharczyk, or “Bobby Pandour” as he was billed to American audiences, is one of the most fascinating physical culturists of the late 19th century precisely because so little is known about him. Born sometime in the late 1870s to early 1880s, Pandour first came to fame in the fitness world when he was featured on the cover of French maga...
Born Alfred Toof Jennings in 1874 and later renaming himself as “Al Treloar,” Treloar won America’s first large-scale physique show in 1904. Treloar’s body was praised for its near perfection and, in the eyes of the organizers, was the finest example of American manhood. Thanks to his victory, Treloar became a darling of the early American fitness ...
In 1882, German-born strongman Max Sick would later rename himself Maxick and perform various feats of strength across Europe in the early 1900s. A proponent and promoter of “muscle control,” Maxick was able to contract and contort his muscles in a way that defied explanation at the time. (5) Maxick could roll, jiggle, and gyrate the muscles of his...
In 1922, Angelo Siciliano changed his name to Charles Atlas and embarked on a career as a fitness celebrity who sold home workout instructions. What distinguished Atlas from many of his competitors was his claim that he never lifted weights, and that you didn’t need any specialized equipment to build strength and muscularity. While the most famous ...
Sig Klein is one of the least-discussed but most important figures of early American bodybuilding. Born in Germany in 1902, Klein’s family moved to Ohio the following year. Infatuated with strength, Klein began training at the age of 12 with an improvised system of weightsand pulleys. In 1924, Klein moved to New York, where he established his own g...
Born in the late 19th century in England, Alan P. Mead became famous in the 1920s and 1930s for his remarkable muscularity. Like Maxick, Mead was a practitioner of muscular control and, in fact, was regarded as one of the best muscle performersof his generation. What makes Mead all the more extraordinary was the fact that he had a leg amputated fol...
Physical culture and fitness communities were, for many decades, strongly influenced by rampant racial discrimination. Thusly, non-white bodies were typically neglectedin media — with the exception of the extraordinary Melvin Wells. Born in Buffalo in 1919, Wells played sports in high school and, if stories are true, lifted rocks and large stones i...
No list documenting the greats of old would be complete without mentioning Steve Reeves. Born in Glasgow, Montana in 1926, Reeves took to training while still in high school. After returning to the States following his tenure in World War II, Reeves enrolled in a chiropracticcollege. During his years in school he began to make a name for himself in...
3. März 2019 · The coach, Melvin Wells, 55, of Hamden, died after he was hit by a wrong-way driver on Interstate-95 in Stonington, according to state police. The wrong-way driver, Larry A. Stallings, 32, of...
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MELVIN WELLS' FAVOURITE DELTS EXERCISE! THE MOST UNIQUE SILVER ERA EXERCISES FOR DELTOIDS!! Golden Era Bookworm. 97.3K subscribers. 582. 10K views 3 years ago. ...more. In this video we look at...
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30. Aug. 2023 · The Buffalo Hercules. michael.e August 30, 2023. A great article from 1949 that focuses on the new Bodybuilding sensation Melvin Wells. He had one of the most phenomenal physiques of his era. SOURCE: STRENGTH & HEALTH (JAN 1949) Page #9 - Strength & Health (Jan 1949) Page #41 - Strength & Health (Jan 1949)
