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2. Joe Weider - Wikipedia

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   Weider was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Louis and Anna Weider, Polish Jewish emigrants from Kurów, Poland. He published the first issue of Your Physique magazine in 1940, [2] and built a set of barbells out of car wheels and axles the same year out of the family garage on Coloniale Street in Montreal. He designed numerous training courses ...

3. Dave Draper - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] In high school he participated in wrestling, gymnastics and swimming, but was most inspired by training with weights. [citation needed] In 1962, his physique having attracted the attention of Joe Weider, he began working at the Weider Barbell company in New Jersey as a part-time shipping clerk. [2]

4. Louis Cyr - Wikipedia

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   It was on this historical occasion, on 19 January 1892 that Cyr pressed the pre-mentioned 273.75 lb. dumbbell. Many years later Doc Aumont, son-in-law of Louis, loaned Cyr's famous dumbbell to the Weider's Your Physique office in Montreal for a month, during which time over 500 people tried and failed to lift the weight.

5. Bob Hoffman (sports promoter) - Wikipedia

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   Hoffman bought the bankrupted Milo Barbell Company in 1935, and sold his oil burner interest in 1938 when he founded the York Barbell Company. [1] [9] [10] "During his athletic career, first as an oarsman and then as a weightlifter, he received over six hundred trophies, certificates, and awards." [1] [3]

6. Schiff Nutrition International - Wikipedia

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   Founded by Joe Weider as Weider Nutrition (NYSE: WNI) in 1936, considered the first sports nutrition company. As Weider Nutrition, they were the creators of Tiger's Milk nutrition bars, and related products, one of the earliest lines of sports foods. [2] It was acquired by Reckitt Benckiser after a 1.4 billion US$ deal in 2012. [3]

7. Larry Scott (bodybuilder) - Wikipedia

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   Larry regularly appeared in all of Joe Weider's bodybuilding magazines, including Mr. America and Muscle Builder, also appearing in Demi Gods, Muscleboy, Muscles a Go-Go and The Young Physique. [8] As an IFBB member, he wrote exclusively for Joe Weider's publications. From 1960 until his first retirement in 1966, Scott was bodybuilding's top ...