Muscle Beach, Venice

Muscle Beach, in the United States is an area in Venice, California on Ocean Front Walk two blocks north of Venice Boulevard, that is set up by the city as an outdoors weightlifting gym. Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Muscle Beach ... Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Muscle Beach ... Venice Beach and Boardwalk Venice, California, is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California. ... Weightlifting is a sport where competitors attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel bars. ...

From the 1930s to the 1950s, the original Muscle Beach was located in Santa Monica immediately south of the Santa Monica Pier. Popular gymnastic exhibitions were routinely held there on city-provided equipment. In the late Fifties the popularity began to wane and the area grew less attractive. Outcry over a rape at the site led the city to shut it down in 1959. Subsequently the bodybuilding milieu moved south to Venice. A small, spartan weight pen was built near Windward, later replaced by the large current facility, which sports a huge concrete barbell on the roof and bleachers for spectators. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in western Los Angeles County, California, USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ... The Santa Monica Pier is located at the foot of Colorado Boulevard in Santa Monica, California and it is the citys most famous landmark. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinaesthetic awareness. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Swedish bodybuilder Anders Graneheim Bodybuilding is the process of developing muscle fibers through the combination of weight training, increased caloric intake, and rest. ... Windward is the side of a boat into which the wind is blowing. ... A U.S. Army soldier uses a barbell with Olympic plates (but no collars) to perform a bench press. ... Bleachers is a term used to describe the raised, tiered stands found by sports fields or at other spectator events. ...

By extension, it refers also to a high concentration of weightlifting and fitness businesses in the area. The notion of physical fitness is used in two close meanings. ... Categories: Business | Academic disciplines | School subjects ...