Category: Physical Culture

Posted by Conor Heffernan | Jan 2, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives edited Volume 2019, Theatre and the Arts, Wrestling/Self-defence | 0

ONCE UPON A TIME:
WHEN VIENNA WAS THE CITY OF THE STRONGEST MEN
Part 2

by Gherardo Bonini | Mar 22, 2021 | Olympics, Physical Culture, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS] | 0

To read Part 1 – click HERE 1923 was a crucial year for Austrian weightlifting and...

ONCE UPON A TIME:
WHEN VIENNA WAS THE CITY OF THE STRONGEST MEN
Part 1

by Gherardo Bonini | Mar 15, 2021 | Olympics, Physical Culture, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS] | 1

During the nineteenth century, which was marked by the rise of sport as a social phenomenon,...

A Different Breed?
Animal History for the Sporting Historian

by Conor Heffernan | Jan 2, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives edited Volume 2019, Theatre and the Arts, Wrestling/Self-defence | 0

Please cite this article as: Heffernam, C. A Different Breed? Animal History for the Sporting...

A Neglected Austrian Lifter and Resistant: Franz Huhsar

by Gherardo Bonini | Aug 3, 2020 | Olympics, Physical Culture, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Politics | 0

The period following World War I, ending with the horror of World War II, was one of the most...

Muscle Building and Society Bending:
The Slow Birth of Irish Bodybuilding

by Conor Heffernan | May 23, 2020 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture, Playing Pasts edited Volume 2020, Playing Pasts Publications | 0

Please cite this article as: Heffernan, C. Muscle Building and Society Bending: The Slow Birth of...

Soviet Physical Culture in Uzbekistan:
Implementation and Social Impact

by Sevket Akyildiz | Sep 19, 2019 | Physical Culture, Podcasts | 0

This podcast, by Sevket Akyildiz was delivered as part of a collection of papers on aspects of...

Extreme Definition Diets? Vince Gironda and the Transformation of American Bodybuilding

by Conor Heffernan | Jul 22, 2019 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture | 1

Published in 1973 by the American weight trainer Vince Gironda, Definition: The New Revised...

Sig Klein and the Art of Gym Management

by Conor Heffernan | Nov 29, 2018 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture | 0

Operating in the first half of the twentieth-century in his plush New York Gymnasium, Sig Klein...

1979 and The Birth of the British Strongman

by Conor Heffernan | Sep 3, 2018 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture | 0

In late 2016, Eddie Hall, a British strongman from Stoke-on-Trent forced his way into the...

Memory and Feats of Strength in Rural Ireland

by Conor Heffernan | May 21, 2018 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture | 1

From the 1930s to early 1970s, schoolchildren in Ireland were sent towards grandparents, village...

Training for Sport is Training for War? The GAA, Sokol Physical Culture and Ireland’s Military

by Conor Heffernan | Mar 5, 2018 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture | 1

Outtake from a Sokol Display by the Irish Military in 1937. Courtesy of British Pathé The Gaelic...

From Bloom to Battle: Tracing Ireland’s Early Physical Culture Movement

by Conor Heffernan | Feb 1, 2018 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture, Videos | 0

Presented at the SpLeisH International Colloquium – 3-4 March 2017 By Conor Heffernan In 1898 one...

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Category: Physical Culture

ONCE UPON A TIME:WHEN VIENNA WAS THE CITY OF THE S...

ONCE UPON A TIME:WHEN VIENNA WAS THE CITY OF THE S...

A Different Breed?Animal History for the Sporting ...

A Neglected Austrian Lifter and Resistant: Franz H...

Soviet Physical Culture in Uzbekistan: Implementat...

Extreme Definition Diets? Vince Gironda and the Tr...