Bodybuilding did not really exist prior to the late 19th century, when
it was promoted by Eugen Sandow of Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad
in Russia) who is now generally referred to as "The Father of Modern
Bodybuilding"On 16 January 1904, the first large-scale bodybuilding
competition in America took place at Madison Square Garden in New York
City. The winner was Al Treloar and he was declared "The Most Perfectly
Developed Man in the World". Treloar won a $1,000 cash prize, a
substantial sum at that time.










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