num_pages: 40
description: Little Friedrich Muller was a puny weakling who longed to be athletic and strong like the ancient Roman gladiators. He exercised and exercised. But he to no avail.As a young man he found himself under the tutelage of a professional body builder. Friedrich worked and worked. He changed his name to Eugen Sandow and he got bigger and stronger. Everyone wanted to become as strong as Sandow.Inspired by his own experiences body-building Don Tate tells the story of how Eugen Sandow changed the way people think about strength and exercise and made it a part of everyday life.Backmatter includes more information about Sandow suggestions for exercise an author's note and a bibliography.
language: English
title: Strong as Sandow: How Eugen Sandow Became the Strongest Man on Earth
publisher: Charlesbridge