A competitive athlete performed the ultimate stunt when dressed up as an old man at Muscle Beach. Kenneth Leverich pretended to be a grandpa who can lift, stunning the regular bodybuilders. After ...

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VENICE BEACH, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The annual Mr. and Ms. Muscle Beach bodybuilding competition on Tuesday drew athletes and spectators to Venice. The contest's categories included Classic Physique, ...

There is perhaps no better place in the world to see and be seen lifting than Muscle Beach. The beachside outdoor gym has been a fixture on the Southern California coastline for nearly a century - as ...

VENICE BEACH, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- In Venice Beach, pumping iron - and showing off the results - is a tradition that dates well back to before even Arnold Schwarzenegger made his fame there as a ...

Ed Fury, a 1951 Mr. Muscle Beach winner who became one of the most successful male physique models of the era before launching a swords & sandal film career that rivaled the genre’s leading man Steve ...

Long before there was an Arnold Schwarzenegger or the famed Muscle Beach in Venice, there was another Muscle Beach that began its storied journey in the 1930s, in Santa Monica, just steps from the ...

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