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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Tow years later, at 39.
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Another photo taken at about the same age (23/24)
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. (Left) The Author as the age of 10. Delicate as a boy, he became enthused with the fervour for physical development, after seeing the statues and pictures of ancient and classical heroes in the art galleries of Europe, and lived afterwards with one ambition only, to become as well-developed and strong as they were. (Right) Photo taken at the age of 18, showing the remarkable increase of develoment in the intervening eight years.
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W. Jarratt, Man as he should be, and as he was in the days wh
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs
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La Culture Physique, 1904, Max Unger.
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Eugen Sandow aged 52
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Author at about the same age, 21, showing symmetrical development and balanced physique of back, sholders and limbs
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Photo-study of the Author at 25
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Photo taken at 21, showing great biceps and triceps development of arm. It was about this period that the Author first appeared in London at the Royal Aquarium, accepting Samson's challenge to the world, and defeating the famous pupil of Samson - Cyclops, and subsequently Samson himself, for wages of £100 and £1'000 respectively
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The first photo shows the physical condition of the youth of the nation as revealed by the war. The second shows what can be achieved by scientific methods of physical education and culture, and how imperative such methods are to safeguard us against physical deterioration and disease in future years.
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. At 30, with muscles in contraction
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Two studies of the Author at 43. Note development of abdominal muscles in photo on the left and triceps development of arms
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Splendid physical types shown here are illustrative of some of the results that followed Eugene Sandow's lecture tour
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Sandow as Gladiator. Aged 23. Reproduced from the painting made of him by the famous artist, Mr. Aubrey Hunt, who first met Sandow near Genoa, and was struck by his remarlable physique. It was Mr. Hunt who mentioned Samson's challenge to Sandow, and later left for London on the same evening to accept it.
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Types os superb physical manhood who have been developed to this high degree of physical fitness and resistant power to disease by the very methods I am advocating in this book, and have been advocating consistently all over the world for the past quarter of a century. This is the type of youthfull manhood that we could and should have had if my advice had been taken and followed, as recruits, instead of such weedy specimens of humanity as shown in the previous picture.
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Statuesque pose, from photo at about 26, with all muscles relaxed
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Photo at 37, with muscles relaxed
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. As He is To-Day. Stricking photo of the Author at 52, confirming his statement in this book that muscle, once built up, remains, to a great extent, always, provided the body is only given a few minutes daily exercise to maintain balance when once it is established
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. (Left) The original Farnese Hercules, to whom the Author has been compared. The accompanying photo shows- (Right) The Author in a similar pose. Many say that the Authors proportions are the more symmetrical of thw two.
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. (Left) Fine picture-study of the Author, about 19, and (Right) a year later at 20.
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. Artistic pose, showing author at 35.
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs
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Eugen Sandow
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Eugen Sandow: Life of the Author as told in Photographs. The Author about a year later. A study showing construction of biceps and flexors in forearm