Brief History Of Strength And Bodybuilding

Thursday, April 10, 2008

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Roland Essmaker

Roland Essmaker born March 24, 1916 in Richmond, Indiana, USA. UU. In its early muscle training and without at first with a set of bars "Milo" (company founded by Alan Calvert) with which to train, He trained through domination, single leg squats, and used the weight windows "type" American that slide up to open, repeatedly raising and lowering them. It's July 4, 1939 when the first part Essmaker Mr America AAU, ranking first in the high category and first in the Overall. In the same year competing in the "York Perfect Man 'being a fourth place in the high category. There is a controversy over who was the first Mr. America, as before, more precisely on 10 June of that year, was held an event touted as the first contest look for the physical ideal of who would represent Mr. America. This contest was won by Bert Goodrich, but did not have the support of the AAU or other entity that gives official recognition. Despite this, there is no denying that Roland Essmaker was a real Mr. America and possessed the necessary qualities to deserve that title. After the contest and throughout 1940, was devoted Essmaker modeling for art schools, colleges and universities as the prestigious Yale, or Columbia or Illinois, I also do work for Walt Disney studios in Hollywood, California. During the same period, he worked at Sig Klein's Gym and Tony Sansone's Gym. After having served in the U.S. Army. UU. where he trained from 1941 in what might be called the medical corps of the army, carried out technical tasks such as surgery touring several camps throughout the country. Finally in 1946 were set in California where he married and Virginia Stanley, opened a gym on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood who later sold. Among other events that we participated then name the Mr. USA in 1949, where it achieved a relevant position, but who shared the event with other great cultures of the time as John Grimek (who eventually won), Clarence Ross, Steve Reeves, Vince Gironda, George Eifermann, among others. And away from competitive life, Roland Essmaker was devoted to work in the media, both in the radial graph. In 1969 he began with his wife to build what would be his retirement home, ending a pure effort (and that they were devoted to the construction of it) in 1972. Already at an advanced age, he trained three times a week with weights using light weights and also does cardio regularly. On October 3, 2002 Roland Essmaker leaves the physical plane to become a bodybuilding legend and will always be remembered, despite all controversy, as a real Mr. America. and as its closer, as a great man, the nicest in the world.

Further reading: http://www.ifbb.com/halloffame - NaturalStrength.com

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

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Mourning Paul Anderson - Humberto Selvetti in the 1956 Olympics

I take the recent article by Bob Hoffman, where a brief description of the situation or context in which strength sports were developed to relate an event as Argentine me proud.

Melbourne 1956, Australia, like every event of world significance, the Olympics would be the framework for what would be a kind of transfer of war cold (U.S. - USSR) brought to the field of sports performance and logically to the superiority between athletes from both countries as representing a much more profound superiority and dangerous.

Weightlifting, more heavy, yet it competed in weightlifting in 3 movements and the medal was awarded for the total (Ie the sum of the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and Power). On the one hand, Paul Anderson, American, with a record of 519.5 in the sum, was undoubtedly the favorite. Anderson was an athlete of impressive features, and U.S. representative in relation to the feats of strength sports. So much so that in 1955, travels to the Soviet Union to challenge his athletes where they make a press with an impressive 402.5 pounds (approximately 182 kilos) surpassing any show of force prior knowledge. On the other hand, who faced Paul Anderson, in an "equal footing" in an intense competition than was Humberto Selvetti, Argentina, born in Colon, Buenos Aires. But Selvetti, it was an improvised, and at the Olympics in 1952, had won the bronze medal with a total of 432 kilos, and the silver medal in the Pan American Games 1955 with a total of 457 kilos as well as being third in the World Championship in Stockholm in 1953 where he earned a total of 450 kilos.

duel begins, Selvetti in Starting, moving a whopping 175 kilos, leaving behind Anderson for 7.5 kilos. In clean and jerk, both athletes are able to lift 145 kilos, Selvetti matching the Olympic record. Finally, in the movement of "Force", the Argentinian managed to lift to the surprise of all 180 kilos, Anderson was forced to raise at least 187.5 (because there were failed in previous attempts) and being his last chance he did, matching the two athletes in a total of 500 kilos. But then, what was the reason that Paul Anderson will take the gold and Humberto Selvetti, the silver medal? Weight, but the athletes, the rules stated that even if the sum of the three movements would win who weighs less on the scale. Selvetti with 143 kilos, failed against Paul Anderson who was 138 kilos, a quite different girl who really should not make any difference, but ultimately, the ruler gave the winner the American. Selvetti, silver medal, was and will weightlifter most important of Argentina's history, the gym CENARD is named in recognition of his more than impressive performance in sports history. Eduardo Guerrero, Argentina, gold medal in the category Double Sculls at the Olympics in 1952 said of his countryman in a paper file of the Nation "was a phenomenon Selvetti. It looked like a butcher, but was born with terrible conditions. No had a good mechanism to lift weights, but his power allowed him to raise whatever ...". In 1957 Selvetti again compete in the World Championship Surveys, this time in Tehran, placing second with a total of 485 kilos, and in 1959 at the Pan American returns to finish second with a total of 475 kilos.

Selvetti Link to video in action: http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/e_movie_theater.asp?vclip=122
Paul Anderson : http: / / www.youtube.com/watch?v=kny0jxHszX0&feature=related