Floyd Paige by Russ Warner
Late 40s champion bodybuilder Floyd Paige of Oakland, CA poses for Russ Warner in San Fransisco in 1949.
Category: 1940s
40s male physique and posing strap images
Bob Bishop before and after
George Platt Lynes photographed Bob Bishop quite young in 1940 before WWII Then again in 1953 after he’d become a bodybuilder and porn star.
Floyd Paige in Your Physique
Mr. America 1948 Floyd Paige featured in the bodybuilding magazines of the time.
Jack LaLanne Magazine Covers
Jack LaLanne magazine covers from the 40s through ealry 60s.
Ed Thierault in Your Physique Dec 47
Mr. Montreal 1946 Ed Thierault appears in this immediately postwar copy of Your Physique with More articles from the previous summer.
Tex Smutney and Buddy Stanley
Charles “Tex” Smutney poses for George Platt Lynes in 1940-41 with Buddy Stanley. Additional models include Louis Forns (1940) and Bradbury Ball by the Bed.
George Eiferman
Mr. America 1948 George Eiferman featured in the muscle magazines of the late 40s and early 50s.
John Grimek Workouts
It seems everyone in the 1940s wanted to have a body like John Grimek and the various fitness journals of the time were there to document his workout in fine detail… If you want a body that fits in 1948, read on.