| Some people who get into bodybuilding do so with the | | | | Sandow used the phrase "like a Greek god" and used |
| intention of entering a bodybuilding contest at some | | | | the perfect physique created by the ancient Greek |
| point in the future when they feel they are good | | | | and Roman artists to come up with what he believed |
| enough. Bodybuilding is an art in itself in that through a | | | | the perfect body to look at. He judged all men |
| diet and a workout routine, one sculpts the body | | | | according to this "perfect" model. |
| increasing the size and strength of the muscles. In a | | | | The very first bodybuilding contest took place in |
| competition, the contestants display their physiques to | | | | London on September 14, 1901 at the Royal Albert Hall. |
| a panel of judges by posing their body in specific | | | | Sandow, himself, actually organized this event and the |
| ways. The whole routine is set to music and the | | | | judges were none other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, |
| judges assign points based on specific criteria. | | | | the creator of Sherlock Holmes, and Sir Charles |
| The art of bodybuilding is not a recent one as it was | | | | Lawes. Sandow was also a judge. The trophy for the |
| developed somewhere between 1880 and 1930 by a | | | | winner was a bronze statue of none other than |
| man named Eugene Sandow. He was from Prussia, a | | | | Sandow. |
| country that was to become Austria - the homeland | | | | The bodybuilding contest still exists today, but it has a |
| of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold Schwarzenegger | | | | new name - Mr. Olympia. The bronze statue of |
| is a well-known bodybuilder who went on to become | | | | Sandow is still presented to the winner of the |
| a movie star and now is governor of California. | | | | competition. |