1970's Onwards In 1977, the film Pumping Iron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the famous bodybuilder, was released. This gave the sport a huge publicity boost. At about this time the IFBB, the Intern..

History Early Years Bodybuilding has its roots in India in the 11th century when men would lift a specifically sized piece of stone in order to determine which of the participants had the greatest s..

Since about 1992, the concept of body types has been a part of the bodybuilding world. But body type research began long before that. An American psychologist by the name of William Sheldon spent a li..