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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Bob Hoffman
Bob Hoffman was the founder of the York Barbell Company and a co-founder of Strength and Health magazine in 1931. Assuming that this photo was made near the time of publication,
Mr. Hoffman would have been 41 years of age and still in top form.
Hoffman was great at promoting the AAU and weightlifting. York Barbell promoted bodybuilding but had too much sway in the judging of contests in favoring of their own members to the detriment of others. Hoffman was also a promoter of very dubious health supplements. Hoffman had a long running feud with the Weider brothers and was offended at physique publications he found offensive (ie aimed at homosexuals) How far bodybuilding could have gone without the backstabbing and the fraud. Rex in DC
Hoffman was great at promoting the AAU and weightlifting. York Barbell promoted bodybuilding but had too much sway in the judging of contests in favoring of their own members to the detriment of others. Hoffman was also a promoter of very dubious health supplements. Hoffman had a long running feud with the Weider brothers and was offended at physique publications he found offensive (ie aimed at homosexuals)
ReplyDeleteHow far bodybuilding could have gone without the backstabbing and the fraud.
Rex in DC