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n his day Eugen Sandow was known as the Strongest Man

on Earth . He could break metal chains by expanding his

broad chest . He could hoist a grand piano over his head .

He boasted that he once wrestled a five-hundred-pound lion .

No doubt Eugen Sandow was the strongest of all strongmen .

But he wasnt always strong .

The Delicate Days

Knigsberg , Prussia , 18671885 ?

His birth name was Friedrich Wilhelm Mller . As a boy , he loved

athletics . But playing sports required a strong , healthy body .

Friedrichs arms were skinny , and his legs were as frail as twigs .

He looked downright feeble . Often , he was too sick to play .

But Friedrich survived . His spirit was strong . He played sports ,

and he excelled in school . As a reward for his high honors , his

father took him on a trip to Italy . They visited the famous art

galleries of Rome .

Friedrich was awestruck by the statues of ancient athletes .

Their muscles looked so powerful . If only he could look like a

Roman gladiator !

How is it that these men were so strong , Father ?

Friedrich asked .

The heroes of old , his father said , were ever active , ever

exercising their bodies .

Exercise that was it ! To make his body stronger , Friedrich

would need to push himself even harder . When he returned

home , he ran longer and jumped higher . He exercised like

never before .

But his ten-year-old body wasnt ready to bloom just yet .

To Friedrichs despair , it remained weak and puny .

Friedrichs focus on athletics annoyed his father . After all ,

exercise might be good for the body , but what about the mind ?

He wanted his son to devote more time to finding a career . He sent

Friedrich , now in his late teens , away to study at a university .

At school Friedrich learned about anatomy bones , muscles ,

the human form

but he longed to do something more

physically active .

Strong and Stronger

Prussia to Belgium , 1885 ? 1887

One day a traveling circus rolled into town . Friedrich snuck away

from school to watch . He was starstruck by the performers

tumblers , wrestlers , acrobats , strongmen . The lure was simply too

much to resist . Friedrich left the university and joined the circus .

He became an acrobat .

Life as an acrobat was physically demanding . Friedrich tumbled

and bent and balanced . He flipped and flopped and stood on his

hands . Soon he began to notice a change in his body : his muscles

were getting bigger and stronger .

But the circus turned out to be a ragtag operation . It ran out of

money , and Friedrich lost the job he so adored .

To support himself , Friedrich found work as a model for art

students . His burly , ever-growing physique was the perfect

reference for their paintings and sculptures . Through their art ,

Friedrich became the gladiator he had dreamed of being as a child .

One of the artists introduced Friedrich to Professor Attila ,

a professional strongman . The Professor gave Friedrich a job at

his gym and offered to teach him bodybuilding .

Attend to my instructions , the Professor said , and I shall

be able to make you the strongest man in the world .

The Professor made Friedrich lift heavier weights . The metal

barbells were so heavy , Friedrichs muscles quivered . But he didnt

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