Background And History Flashcards
Who coined the term bodybuilding in 1881?
Robert Roberts he was also a instructor at YMCA
When who and where was the first ymca founded?
1844 London England by George Williams
Who was Dudley Sargent?
A medical doctor and physical education teacher (the pioneer of this) at Harvard in 1800s. Invented exercise machine, promoted exercise for all. Created the Sargent test which is similar to vertical jump test
Previously what was the medical doctor and physical education profession for?
Preventing disease and then lead to curing them
Who was bob Hoffman?
Founded York barbell 1932. Made exercise equipment, wrote books, and made programs. He also coached the olympics. He was key from 1930-70
Who was joe wieder?
Published your physique magazine at 17 years old , turned body building into a sport
What is physical culture?
Promotion of muscular growth, strength and health through exercise
What is physiological hygiene?
Physical fitness, health
When did steroids come about?
Began being tested on animals in 20-30s and made their way to humans in 40-50s. Banned in 1976. They started to create it was back in 1889
When did the modern physical fitness revolution began and why?
1970 due to aerobics published by cooper. Also because of Steve prefontaine, frank shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Jim fox
When did coaches start realizing that strength training was good for their athletes and wouldn’t weigh the, down?
1960-70s
Who was the first strength and conditioning coach of Nebraska and when?
Boyd eply in 1969
What was the national strength and conditioning association formerly named and when was it founded?
Used to be the national strength coach association in 1978 by a group of 76 coaches. Boyd eply was their first president
Why did most people not train before the 20th century?
They lived a much more active lifestyle, walk to work, nobody understood the benefits of training
What is HIT?
It is high intensity training. With signal set resistance training as opposed to the multiple set philosophy
