Ben Weider, R.I.P.

December 16, 2008

Those you who enjoy bodybuilding will find this of interest.

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Also there is an interesting /tribute to him here: http://snipurl.com/8bwwh

excerpt:

" Ben Weider was a giant in the world of bodybuilding. He and his

brother Joe started Weider Health & Fitness in their parents' front

room, and built it into a global publishing, equipment, and food

supplements empire. They co-founded the International Federation of

Bodybuilders (IFBB) and popularized the sport of bodybuilding around

the world. Joe was the visionary entrepreneur. Ben was the consummate

international diplomat. The brothers brought Arnold Schwarzenegger to

America and helped him on his way to becoming bigger than life, even

bigger than they were. "

Ben never entered a physique contest as far as I know, but he was

devoted to weight training and worked out regularly until shortly

before his death. He was 85.

The Weider brothers were nothing if not interesting, and they did

yeoman's work in bringing bodybuilding to the masses.For a guy who

never went beyond the 7th grade, I'd say he did pretty well :-)

--

In the religious perspective, none of us " owns " his own body. Rather,

we are the stewards of them, and God is the ultimate " owner " of each

of us. But this concerns only the relation between man and Deity. As

far as the relationship between man and man, however, the secular

statement that we own our own bodies has an entirely different

meaning. It refers to the claim that we each have free will; that no

one person may take it upon himself to enslave another, even for the

latter's " own good. " - Walter Block

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