Arnold Schwarzenegger - how it all began

Graz where Arnold began to read American bodybuilding magazines
for the first time.
Arnold Schwarzenegger studied these magazines with great attention
and discovered some world famous bodybuilding icons. At that
time, the so-called "sandal movies" by Reg Park and Steve Reeves
were a big hit in the United States.
To train specific muscle groups effectively, Kurt Marnul rebuilt many
training devices according to the photographs he found in USmagazines.
Looking at these training machines today, they resemble veritable
torture devices. Many of the machines, which helped to start building
Arnold Schwarzenegger's body, are now in private ownership
and stored in a small village in the south-west of Romania. The
Schwarzenegger Museum in Thal as well as the Hotel Paradies also
house some of the originals.
Until 1967, Arnold successfully worked out at the gym of the Athletic
Union Graz.
He then left Graz to go to Munich, and later to London, to prepare
for his successful move to the United States.
Even today, countless posters and pictures of Arnold decorate the
walls of the gym at the Athletic Union Graz.
Over the years, many international television stations visited Kurt
Marnul in his gym to get background information about the amazing
career of the greatest bodybuilder of all times.
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