Friday, April 17, 2009
Bill Pearl's GymIn 1962, Bill Pearl moved to Los Angeles and took over George Redpath's gym in east L.A. Bill actually had several other health clubs previously in Northern California. Rather than spread himself too thin, he closed the other locations to concentrate on making this new centralized location the best it could possible be. -- Bill took a great deal of care in doing things first class.
The newly re-named "Bill Pearl's Gym" became one of the hotspots for bodybuilding and weightlifting out on the west coast. Plus, he had some nifty shirts for the gym. Maybe we can talk Bill into reprinting those...
Labels: Bill Pearl, Bill Pearl's Gym, Bodybuilding Gym, Classic Gym, George Redpath
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