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Joe Weider

Joe Weider is a true pioneer in his efforts to bring strength and fitness consciousness to the public's attention, Joe Weider continues to use his expertise to help people the world over lead healthier, happier lives.

Joe Weider oversees a publishing empire that includes the "bible" of bodybuilding MUSCLE & FITNESS, FLEX for the hard-core bodybuilder, MEN'S FITNESS for the active man, SHAPE, FIT PREGNANCY, NATURAL HEALTH, and MUSCLE & FITNESS HERS for women who want more out of fitness. Joe has come a long way. Today, he remains the dominant force in the fitness-publishing field because of an unyielding passion for what he does best - educating athletes and the public on the importance of physical development and nutrition.

How Joe and Ben Weider Became the Founding Fathers of Bodybuilding

If you think that Canada's contribution to sports stops with hockey, you've got another thing coming. In the 193Os, a slightly built boy named Joe Weider and his younger brother Ben couldn't make it home from school through their tough section of Montreal without being beaten up or picked on by neighborhood hooligans. An ad by Charles Atlas caught their eye; they were sick of being '9O-pound weaklings'; and they tried his calisthenics program. When that didn't do much to make either their muscles bigger or the bullies go away, they turned to Strength & Health, a magazine published by strongman-competition promoter Bob Hoffman.

As they grew into young men, the brothers set about building strong bodies with a set of barbells made with parts found in a junkyard. They soon discovered that lifting weights made more than their biceps and triceps bigger. It also built self esteem, which, as it turned out, was the real key to beating bullies. They didn't realize it then, but this passion for exercise marked the beginning of a career for both of them, one that would ultimately impact the lives of millions and launch an international sport.

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Throughout the years Joe Weider has been recognized for his leadership, dedication and outstanding contributions to the field of physical fitness. His hard working, hands-on-everything career led him to be named Publisher of the Year in 1983 by The Periodical and Book Association; in 1992 the United States Sports Academy presented him with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Fitness Award; in May 1995, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports from California Gov. Pete Wilson. But the honor that Joe is perhaps most proud of is the Distinguished Citizen Award that was presented to him by the Boy Scouts of America in June 1991 that refers to him as "the father of fitness".

Muscle mentor keeps tabs on Ah-nold

Will Arnold Schwarzenegger get a pass from the supermarket tabloids? The story ran at http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/110468p-99811c.html.

The California gubernatorial hopeful predicted at the start of his campaign that political foes would try to plant stories branding him a "womanizer." But Arnold's former bodybuilding mentor, Joe Weider, says he's fixed it so The Terminator has nothing to fear from the dreaded tabs.

Earlier this year, American Media Inc., which brings you The National Enquirer, the Star and the Globe, bought Weider Publications, which includes Men's Fitness, Shape, Flex and Muscle & Fitness.

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