The author presents the history of Muscle Beach, California, where fitness enthusiasts such as Jack LaLanne, Joe Gold, and Vic Tanny rose from the California physical culture boom of the 1940s to become no-nonsense fitness evangelists. Rose chronicles the beach's popularity and its influence in changing the country's idea about physical fitness, and details its 1959 closing. 35 photos.
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The author presents the history of Muscle Beach, California, where fitness enthusiasts such as Jack LaLanne, Joe Gold, and Vic Tanny rose from the California physical culture boom of the 1940s to become no-nonsense fitness evangelists. Rose chronicles the beach's popularity and its influence in changing the country's idea about physical fitness, and details its 1959 closing. 35 photos.
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