5. Eugen Sandow: the first modern bodybuilder Eugen Sandow – born Friedrich Müller in Prussia in 1867 – was the first modern bodybuilder. He was inspired to begin weightlifting and strength ...

When the No 3 Company of Vaudeville Stars arrived in Auckland in November 1902, its headline act, “the world-famed athlete and exponent of physical culture” Eugen Sandow, was already a star. Schools ...