The Father of Bodybuilding | Joe Weider

Joe Weider taught the world how to train and eat for maximum health and fitness. A personal remembrance of this one-of-a-kind fitness icon. Remembering the Father of Bodybuilding ► Top 50 Best Supplements ► Joe Weider passed away early Saturday morning, March 23, 2013, at age 93 in Los Angeles. He had been ill for some time, and the cause of his death was heart failure. Joe Weider’s influence on bodybuilding and the fitness industry is so pervasive that it defies measurement. The websites we visit, the magazines we read, the contests we attend, the diets we follow, the workouts we undertake, the lexicon we use, the careers many of us pursue—they all exist in large measure because of Joe Weider. Things have changed now, but for generations, taking up fitness meant picking up one of Joe’s magazines, buying one of Joe’s weight sets for your garage, and purchasing some of Joe’s supplements. In a moving tribute p