A look at the April, 1954 issue of Muscle Builder magazine with Jack Delinger on the cover. Notice that this was the “Giant He-Man issue.” Delinger (who was once a skinny weakling) was only a few years away from winning the Mr. Universe title.
In August of 1953, Joe Weider began “Muscle Builder” magazine, featuring 1949 AAU Mr. America Jack Delinger on the cover. If you wanted to know how the great muscle champs of the day trained, this was the place to go, check out the roll call of contributors: Clancy Ross (Mr. America, Mr. USA), Floyd Page (Professional Mr. America), Steve Reeves (Mr. World, Mr. America), Alan Stephan (Mr. America), Leo Robert (America’s Most Muscular Man), Ed Theriault (Mr. America, Mr. Canada, World’s Best Developed Man) Juan Ferraro (Mr. Universe, Mr. Europe), Abe Goldberg (Mr. North America) ~ and many others!
Muscle Builder, April 1954