Dubois at Muscle Beach, Santa Monica CA. Before that there was the original Muscle Beach at Washington Park in Alameda CA. Back in the 1940’s Oakland was the epicenter of bodybuilding and physical culture in California. The Ed Yarick gym in Oakland was where 4 Mr America champions trained, Clancy Ross, Steve Reeves, Jack Delinger and Roy Hilliggen. It was also where Jack Lalanne got his start as a fitness guru. Bodybuilders would workout at Lake Merritt in Oakland and then on weekends go over to Washington Park in Alameda where they would pose and train in public at a beach near its edge, the first and original Muscle Beach. -Rj
Dubois at Muscle Beach, Santa Monica CA.
ReplyDeleteBefore that there was the original Muscle Beach at Washington Park in Alameda CA. Back in the 1940’s Oakland was the epicenter of bodybuilding and physical culture in California. The Ed Yarick gym in Oakland was where 4 Mr America champions trained, Clancy Ross, Steve Reeves, Jack Delinger and Roy Hilliggen. It was also where Jack Lalanne got his start as a fitness guru. Bodybuilders would workout at Lake Merritt in Oakland and then on weekends go over to Washington Park in Alameda where they would pose and train in public at a beach near its edge, the first and original Muscle Beach.
-Rj