Muscle Beach
by Nina Prommer
Title
Muscle Beach
Artist
Nina Prommer
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Muscle Beach by Nina Prommer
This shows three bodybuilders flexing their muscles.
Muscle Beach dates back to the 1930s when the Works Progress Administration (WPA) installed exercise equipment immediately south of the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. Popular gymnastic and acrobatic exhibitions were routinely held there on city-provided equipment. A platform on the beach with weight lifting equipment provided a workout area for such famous bodybuilders as Vic Tanny, Jack LaLanne, and Joe Gold.
Muscle House was a "crashpad" just off the beach where many bodybuilders would live for cheap rent and convenient access to the beach. It was a common waypoint for bodybuilders such as Chet Yorton, Steve Reeves, Vince Edwards, Jack Delinger, George Eiferman, and Dave Draper.
The site of Muscle Beach Venice has inherited the modern fame and attention that was initially generated by Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, as the tumbling platform from this earlier facility had been removed by the City of Santa Monica due to difficulties in the day-to-day maintenance and supervision of the original Muscle Beach site in 1959. Yet the original regulars of Muscle Beach in Santa Monica continued to congregate at the world-famous setting with an emphasis on gymnastics events, acrobatics and adagio training and performances.
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June 18th, 2015
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Comments (16)
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Reynold Jay
This is my new favorite in your gallery of many beautiful images. Very vintage and simply gorgeous...love You did well to take this shot. FAV.
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
I didn't know all that even though I have been there. Thanks for sharing this cool retro sign and educational description.
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