@PianoPatterns123
John Carroll Grimek was an American bodybuilder and weightlifter active in the 1930s and 1940s. Grimek was Mr. America in 1940 and 1941, and Mr. Universe in 1948. In 1949, he won his last contest, the AAU Mr. USA, against a field that included Steve Reeves, Clarence Ross, George Eiferman, and Armand Tanny. Wikipedia Born: June 17, 1910, Perth Amboy, NJ Died: November 20, 1998 (age 88 years), York, United Kingdom Height: 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m) Weight: 194 lbs
@oldnatty61
While he may have done that stuff. That's not how he built his body. Like all poor kids of the era he started w/ calisthenics. Once he was able to train w/ weights he followed the conventional 3 day a week full body, and like most back then, got into olympic weightlifting which was king back then. This got him on the York Olympic Weight Lifting Team, and he took 9th place in the heavyweight class in the 1936 Olympics. Back then guys trained hard and heavy on the basics w/ lots of overhead work, because it was not about what you could bench. It was about what you could get overhead. Body building was in its infancy. A novelty. No one trained for it. The guys that had the genetics and looked good from the heavy basic work would compete, and guest pose. Once Grimek got famous he traveled the country doing guest posing, and modeling for artist. During this time, because it was hard to get to a gym, he would keep his body tigh w/ handstand push-ups, and preps for competitions just a couple weeks out. There is talk of him trying steroids, and feeling they didn't do anything. Don't know if that's true.
@Ivory_Partizan
Not all he did
@bigdeal6852