John Grimek Workouts
It seems everyone in the 1940s wanted to have a body like John Grimek and the various fitness journals of the time were there to document his workout in fine detail… If you want a body that fits in 1948, read on.
Category: 1930s
Gay vintage physique photography from the 1930s
Don Athaldo, Austrailian superman
Inspired by the success of Charles Atlas, Don Athaldo of Sydney, Australia was one of the first to replicate his success by selling an atlas-derived isometric system while branding himself “the Australian superman.”
More Tony Sansone
1930s bodybuilding superstar Tony Sansone posing for Edwin Townsend
The Hayes Code
In 1934, Hollywood photographer A.L. “Whitey” Schafer took this staged photo which mocked the Motion Picture Production Code (aka Hays Code), a set of moral guidelines that were applied to American films that were released from 1934 to 1968. The photo attempted to violate as many rules as possible in one image.
Charles Atlas, 1939
Charles Atlas was one of the first to popularize bodybuilding in the 1930s, here he is baring all in “Superman” magazine in 1939.
Tony Sansone in the mirror
1930s bodybuilding legend Tony Sansone poses nude in the mirror for Edwin Townsend.