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The Reg Park Journal

Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2018 by John Wood

Champion bodybuilder… Movie Star… Gym Owner… You can also add magazine editor and publisher to the long list of Reg Park’s accomplishments. From 1954 through 1958, Reg published “The Reg Park Journal” on a monthly basis and, as you might expect, its pages were filled with great training information.

Here’s the cover of the September 1954 issue featuring Reg and the very glamorous Shirley Eaton. If you don’t immediately recognize the name, she was the gal famously painted gold from head to toe in the James Bond movie Goldfinger.

Ironman Magazine Volume 1, No. #1

Posted on Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 by John Wood

Ironman Magazine is a well-known publication these days but it all started way back in August, 1936 with this issue. As you can see it was originally called “Super-Physique” and featured John Grimek on the cover. (It wasn’t titled “Iron Man” until issue #2.)

As the story goes, Peary Rader found an old mimeograph machine in the garbage at the school where he worked as a janitor. He took it home, fixed it up, and started putting out a magazine on physical training. There were only 50 copies of “#1” ever produced, mostly just for Rader’s friends. They liked what they saw, Peary Rader edited and produced every issue of Ironman for the next 50 years!

Muscular Development November, 1972: Larry Scott

Posted on Thursday, May 28th, 2015 by John Wood

A look at the cover of the November, 1972 issue of Muscular Development magazine featuring Larry Scott on the cover. They sure don’t make ’em like this any more, (neither the magazine or the man.)

Joe Weider

Posted on Thursday, March 20th, 2014 by John Wood

The man who would become known as “The Master Blaster,” Joe Weider himself graced the cover of the November, 1947 issue of Your Physique magazine. Lookin’ good Joe!