Bodybuilding In The 1970's Or The Iron Age

Bodybuilding over the past 150 years has skyrocketed in popularity. It gained most of its crowd in the 1970’s or the “Iron Age”. How did bodybuilding start? How has it evolved over the years? Although bodybuilding is relatively new, weight lifting has been around for thousands of years. In the 6ht century B.C. an Olympic wrestler named Milo built his strength by carrying a calf on his back up a mountain every day until it became a bull. He found out that an important part of building strength is progressive resistance. That was just a little bit into the beginning of weight lifting, the beginning of actual bodybuilding for show started with the Prussian performer Eugen Sandow. Eugen showcased his muscularity in an act with an audience, which made …show more content…
The list goes on and on, but you understand, bodybuilding was a major influence to pop-culture in the 70’s and 80’s. After winning his 7 Mr. Olympia titles Arnold Schwarzenegger started his own competition, the Arnold Classic, which is one of the biggest contests today besides the Mr. Olympia competition. Now we get into the 2000’s with Jay Cutler, the top bodybuilder of our time. Stopping the trend of competitors getting bigger and bigger every year Cutler won Mr. Olympia 4 times with his smaller, more defined physique. Bodybuilding, as big as it has gotten, is still a small sport overall. A lot of people don’t understand the time and effort put into the years of training, the self-discipline and understanding of nutrition to be a professional competitor. Not only that but the posing on stage during the actual contest, some view competition posing as an art form because you not only have to master the training world but you need to master posing your muscularity in order to win any competition. Weightlifting has been around for thousands of years and is used today to condition our military, athletes, or the general