Talk:Eugen Sandow

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Could certainly use an infobox, a few more refs, but basically a B.

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 18:55, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Is there a source for his personality, such as his laugh, high intellegence, and good manners?

Development of Physique

This article doesnt discuss how he came to develop his physique. As the "Father of Modern Bodybuilding" IMHO there should be some discussion of this. Were the training methods he sold the same ones he used? Wasn't he a gymnast at first? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.236.234.27 (talk) 16:33, 30 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I added in the article information on reps and weights what book that information in the link Eugen Sandow and the Golden Age of Ironmen that it is found in,as well as the name of the book the exercsies he used to build himself up are found in.

TheTempleofthefreespirit 22:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sexual preference

Was he really gay, or just bi-sexual?

No one knows.He was married and had two children but had a very close relationship with a male friend of his,but know one knows if it was sexual are not. TheTempleofthefreespirit 22:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Name

Was his first name Friederich or Friedrich (as stated in the german wiki)? In this article http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/1334/brachiale_erotik.html (in the german newspaper Spiegel) his original name is said to be Karl Friedrich Müller, not Fried(e)rich Wilhelm Müller. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.89.45.58 (talk) 09:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

his name was Friederich Wilhelm Mueller —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.191.14.220 (talk) 00:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remarks about "good temperment" leading to succes and whatever

In "Strength and How to Obtain it" Chapter:My First Hour in America, Sandow basically tries to sell his equipment and pedagogy before using the word "boy" and "nigger"(nigger three times) to describe a bell boy that he threatened after an escalation initially involving niggers not wanting to shine shoes according to Sandow.

It is certainly possible that Sandow's civility and refinement are far over-played in this article. I might remove a couple of sentences of full unbridled, worshipful, unreferenced $^@*#&.

hmmm, actually this article is needs work

There are too few references and the section "Motion Pictures" goes on about his family and weight-lifting methods far beyond having anything to do with his being in a couple of motion pictures... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.219.115.63 (talk) 03:31, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy, Venture Bros.

The Venture Bros reference on the episode ORB is a satirical representation of Sandow and should be included in the Legacy section. It seems to me that some peoples interpretation of WP:HTRIVIA and WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is letting some topics under an All-purpose heading survive and others ending up getting deleted. Some editors are not being consistant and essentially should wipe many of the entries in the Legacy section if they don't like trivia lists in the Sandow article --Momosgarage.talk.contribs 08:50, 04 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]