Biography
The famous bodybuilder Joe Wider was called the King of Bodybuilding, and this is not surprising, because he independently managed to achieve unprecedented heights in this area, as well as become a teacher not one world celebrity. During the professional career, a man developed his own training principles and rules, and also created a technique that is popular today in bodybuilding.Childhood and youth
Joseph Edwin Joe Wider was born in the fall of 1919 in Montreal. The boy was brought up in a Jewish family, which previously lived in the Polish village of Kurov. The desire to do sports has emerged from him: in young years he had a thin body, and therefore he often could not stand up for himself. When he was offended again, Joe decided to end it with it and began strengthened training.
The first Widder training machine was built on his own, finding the old axis of the locomotive and wheels from the car on the dump. Of these, the boy made a bar, and soon other simulators appeared at his disposal. In his youth, he was quickly achieved to achieve results surrounding how skinnish and small germination of Joe in a short time matured.
Personal life
Wider's personal life is closely connected with his profession, popularity in sports circles allowed him to communicate with many interesting people.In 1956, he met his future wife - the famous model of Betty, a brother, from which in 1961 officially issued a relationship. Over time, she became not only his life partner, but also an assistant in business. There were no common children. From the past relations of Wider was the daughter of Lidiya Ross, who gave the father of three grandchildren.
Body-building
As soon as the young man gained relief forms, people began to be interested in how he managed to achieve this. Then Wider came to mind the idea to present his knowledge in the journal. At the age of 17, he published the first edition containing information about the correct increase in muscle mass and training program. 50 thousand copies scattered from the kiosks for the month, at first it was a small brochure called Your Physique, over time she turned into a serious Muscle Builder magazine, then he was renamed Muscle & Fitness.
By that time, the bodybuilder thoroughly studied the principles of training to build muscle mass, and therefore decided to write the first book of the Body Building System for Joe Wider in the biography, which was a benefit for professionals and beginners in creating relief muscles. His body was a living proof that, applying these tips in practice, you can achieve excellent results. With a height of 178 cm, he managed to gain weight up to 96 kg (in the offseason he fell to 85 kg), and his biceps had an impressive volume, while the man remained pumped out, which is perfectly visible on numerous photos.
Joe did not alone promoted bodybuilding, in this he was helped by his brother Ben Wyder, with whom he created the International Foundation of Bodybuilders in Canada. And together with him later released another edition of Bodybuilding from Widers. Then the athlete wrote more than one book, for example, Bodybuilding. Fundamental course ", or Mr. Olympia Training Encyclopedia.
At that time, the best bodybuilders participated in Mr. Universe, and the only disadvantage of this event was that the winners were forbidden to participate again in similar contests. To stimulate athletes to continue training, Joe founded the Competition "Mr. Olympia", whose participants, speaking, could continue to make money. And then with his wife created a firm engaged in the development of sports nutrition, Brand Wider and today is popular.
For his career, Wider was engaged not only by organizational moments, also a man worked as a coach. In different years, the bodybuilder was engaged in Louis Ferrino, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lee Hayney, Frank Zeini and many other bodybuilders who made an excellent career in sports.
Death
Despite the steadfast years, Joe until the last days did not give up his work, but continued to popularize bodybuilding and stimulate athletes for classes. The disease interrupted his life on the 94th year, in the spring of 2013. The cause of death was heart failure. It happened early in the morning in his house in Los Angeles.Achievements
- 2006 - owner of the Muscle Beach award, award for the lifetime achievements of the "Association of Young Men Israel"
Bibliography
- 1958 - The Olympians: The Story of the Mr. Olympia Contest.
- 1982 - Women's Weight Training and Bodybuilding Tips and Routines
- 1983 - The Weider System Of Bodybuilding
- 1984 - The Weider Body Book
- 1990 - The Best of Joe Weider's Flex Nutrition and Training Programs
- 1991 - Mr. Olympia Training Encyclopedia.
- 1999 - "Bodybuilding. Fundamental course "
- 2004 - The Weider Weight Training Log: Including A Daily Planner