CONTENTS

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ABBREVIATIONS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Chapter 1 • BEFORE BARBELLS Strength Training, Athletes, Physicians, and Physical Educators from the First Olympic Games to the Twentieth Century 11
6. Chapter 2 • BUILDING THE BARBELL ATHLETE Bob Hoffman, Joe Weider, and the Promotion of Strength Training for Sport, 1932–1969 39
7. Chapter 3 • THE SCIENCE CONNECTION Thomas DeLorme, Progressive Resistance Exercise, and the Emergence of Strength-Training Research: 1940–1970 67
8. Chapter 4 • PIONEERS OF POWER Strength Training for College Sports before 1969 97
9. Chapter 5 • AN EMERGING PROFESSION Boyd Epley and the Founding of the National Strength and Conditioning Association 116
10. Chapter 6 • BRIDGING THE GAP The National Strength and Conditioning Association and Its Impact 132
11. Chapter 7 • STRENGTH COACHING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY New Paradigms and New Associations 164
12. Appendix • IN MEMORIAM: DR. TERRY TODD (1938–2018) Pioneering Powerlifter, Writer, Sport Promoter, and Historian Who Changed the Cultural Paradigm for Strength 180
13. NOTES 195
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 254
15. INDEX 295