Beginning Sports

Sandow the Magnificent: Eugen Sandow and the Beginnings of Bodybuilding (Sport and Society)

Before Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Reeves, or Charles Atlas, there was Eugen Sandow, a muscular vaudeville strongman who used his good looks, intelligence, and business savvy to forge a fitness empire. The German-born Sandow (1867-1925) established a worldwide string of gyms, published a popular magazine, sold exercise equipment, and pioneered the use of food supplements. He even marketed a patented health corset for his female followers. Among the colorful figures who played a part in Sandow's life are Bernarr Macfadden, Florenz Ziegfeld, Lillian Russell, and others in sports and the theater. Sandow the Magnificent is the story of this first showman to emphasize physique display rather than lifting prowess. Sandow's is also the story of the earliest days of the fitness movement, and Chapman explains the popularity of physical culture in terms of its wider social implications. Sandow was a proponent of exercise to alleviate physical ailments, anticipating the field of physical therapy. By making exercise fashionable, he encouraged the fitness craze that still endures. As the first superstar in his field, Sandow also pried open some surprising cracks in the Victorian wall of prudery. His nude photographs, a kind of soft-core pornography, were anxiously sought by both male and female admirers, and after many of his major public events he gave private "receptions" wearing little more than a G-string.

Beginning Gymnastics (Beginning Sports)

Covers the history, equipment and basic techniques of gymnastics, as well as competitions and performances.

Beginning Hockey (Beginning Sports)

An introduction to the sport of ice hockey, including its history, equipment, techniques, and terminology.

Beginning trampolining (Wadsworth sports skills series)

Beginning Strength Training (Beginning Sports)

Introduces the sport of strength training, including its history, terminology, workouts, and competitions.

Beginning Swimming (Wadsworth Sports Skills Series)

Beginning Archery (Wadsworth Sports Skills Ser.)

Oregon State plans to make most of another invitation to WNIT.(Sports)(Youth: The Beavers say this tournament will be good experience, beginning with today's ... from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on March 14, 2002. The length of the article is 1115 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Oregon State plans to make most of another invitation to WNIT.(Sports)(Youth: The Beavers say this tournament will be good experience, beginning with today's game against Hawaii.)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: March 14, 2002
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: D1

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October was beginning of end for the Cougars.(Sports): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on November 2, 2004. The length of the article is 1438 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: October was beginning of end for the Cougars.(Sports)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: November 2, 2004
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: E2

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The amusements of Old London;: Being a survey of the sports and pastimes, tea gardens and parks, playhouses and other diversions of the people of London ... 17th to the beginning of the 19th century