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This is Thomas Bench, the father of the bench press. Today marks 146 years since his contribution to the fitness world. Say something nice.
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>>77351593
Thank you king
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This is Ooga Booga Squats, he invented the Squat in 50,000 BC.
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John Run invented running in 1832 when he walked twice at the same time.
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Alistair Climber invented the stair climber in 1994. It was named after his grandfather, whose first name was Stair.
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Jean Doumbelle created dumbbells in 1784 paris to help revolutionnaries stay in fighting shape.
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>>77351593
You got my autism cranking for a moment.

But then I remembered Powur Liftan invented Power Lifting not the bench. Can you believe they used to call it Large Mass Movementuming.
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>>77351593
Bullshit next you'll tell me some guy name George Hackenshmidt invented the Hack Squat.
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>>77353362
If this was true it would be called the Hackenschmidt.

>tfw people are trying to falsify history and take away recognition from true pioneers like Ooga Booga
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This is Tom Platz he invented barbell plates in 1978. Before that bodybuilders had to use inconvenient sand bags and water jugs for their workouts. Say thank you Platz and you will be blessed with one more plate in your lift of choice before the next quarter is over.
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Most accurate thread on /fit/ rn
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>>77353360
Mankind knows no bounds when it comes to innovation it’s truly remarkable.
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Agence France-Presse (AFP) was founded in 1835.
They invented the french press (both the exercise and the coffee brewing device) and named them after the agence itself.
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>>77353629
lmao tompl8z
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>>77351593
STICKY NOW
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>>77353629
all I want is legs like these without having to hit legs every week. is that really too much to ask



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