The Golden Age of Iron Men

As a look through this comprehensive collection of bodybuilding manuals and physical culture ephemera from the turn of the last century amply demonstrates, fashion trends may come and go, but muscles are forever: change around a couple of the hairstyles, substitute a Speedo or two for the loincloths or odd fig leaf, and you're pretty much left with the cast of a COLT film. (Like, is it just us, or would Adolph Nordquest totally have an exclusive porn contract if he were alive today?)

The Golden Age of Iron Men: Online Physical Culture Museum (sandowplus.co.uk, via Growabrain)

Previously: COLT's "Muscle Up!", Retro Muscle, Athletic Model Guild DVDs, B-Movie Beefcake