Muscle Beach: Where the Best Bodies in the World Started a Fitness Revolution
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The Story Behind America's Iconic Patch of Sand--Muscle Beach, California Almost half a century before health clubs, fitness videos and weight training became American obsessions, a pioneering enclave in Santa Monica, California, started the physical culture boom. In the 1940s, Jack LaLanne, Vic Tanny, Joe Gold, Les and Pudgy Stockton and other like them drew thousands of visitors to the beach to watch their feats of strength and acrobatic displays. As more viewers became participants, body building and fitness became a part of the mainstream culture."Muscle Beach" is full of rich, new material about the original Muscle Beachers, many of whom are still alive and testaments to the benefits of a life devoted to fitness. With its fresh anecdotes and thirty-two rare and wonderful photographs, this history brings a legendary stretch of beach into focus.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0312245394
ISBN13:9780312245399
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:L.A. Weekly Books
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"
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