Silver Era is probably the best era to represent the best look to natural human perfection balanced with health and fitness and should make a comeback into the sport of bodybuilding 💯 it’s gone down hill since dramatically and it’s not about health and fitness at all anymore sadly. - Devon “Beastaesthetics” Palombo
@BeastAesthetics 'Silver Era is probably the best era to represent the best look to natural human' 😄 Wake up man. There are a lot of articles about the beginning roids. "In 1923, the Shering company (Berlin) collected several tens of thousands of liters of police urine, from which the chemist Adolf Butenandt extracted the breakdown product of testosterone (later called androsterone). The method of obtaining testosterone turned out to be quite complicated, so Butenant invented a more profitable way to synthesize testosterone from cholesterol. A description of its method and structure of testosterone was published after August 1935 in the Journal of Physiological Chemistry. In 1935, Ernst Laqueur, a professor of pharmacology in Amsterdam, became the crystalline form of the male hormone, calling it "testosterone" " So, if somebody tries to convince you that the Silver Era of Bodybuilding did without steroids (not so strong compare to nowadays, but) just spit him on him.
I've been a full body man for most of my lifting journey, so I'm familiar with the guys of the silver era. When i heard Pavel on Joe Rogan's podcast referring to the guys in the silver era that had this figured out with strength and putting on muscle got me researching the history of training. I felt it was worth learning. That's how I came across your chanel. I'm interested in how different the training was from the bronze era into the silver era. Anyways, i enjoy your content.
I really like bronze age. These guys were not only built, but were strong as well. Ofcourse not in standard lifts like today but in unorthodox lifts. What i see missing in later stages of bodybuilding is that strong oblique (often giving square and not v cut look to misd section) was frowned upon. But strong obliques were the defining feature of strong core and also of a ideal greek physique. In later stages big emphasise on big chest was also there, but i would say strong shoulders, core and triceps looked better on normal strong human physique. Ofcourse I love every kind of bodybuilding, from visual point of view (golden,modern, silver, etc) and for amount of hard work these guys put in their physique to match standards of their times.
Big Ramy is EXTREMELY impressive - flat out freakishly huge - but, IMO, not so much a bodybuilder as a 'most muscle-least fat' competitor. The aesthetic of the wide shoulders and lats tapering to a small waist is an essential ingredient of what I think of as bodybuilding, and I think that's better represented in Classic Physique. A lot of those guys would have been open competitors in the 70s.
Thank you for this content Brother. I love learning the history of this sport. I’m curious to know who was the first African American Silver/GoldenEra Bodybuilder?
I divide the three eras in this manner: the "Bronze era" from the beginning of Professor Attila's career to 1928 when the single arm lifts were dropped from Olympic weightlifting, the "Silver era" from 1928 to 1958 with the commercial availability of Dianabol, the "Golden Age" from 1958 to to the 1980 Olympia. However to me the "Bronze Age" is the true golden age and the "Golden Age" is the true bronze age. The era of the "mass monsters" was/is the "Age of Lead"
Please do one how to build a silver era body weight 1 weight (i have a 50kg sack/bag that rice was kept in that i workout with) i cannot add more.weight as it will break and cannot leave due to COV 19
Bronze era: strong man Silver era: bodybuilding pre steroids Golden era: steroids but not completely destroying your body Modern era: destroy your body with steroids to become a mass monster
IMO the silver era was the best. Bronze era looked like a very fun time through optimization learning and trying things out, silver era improved upon it with more accessibility, and the golden era maximized the body’s potential from the knowledge passed down previously but coupled with the use of drugs. Unfortunately, the golden era also took a turn for the worst with marketing, worthless optimization, and drugs. The golden era influenced the shitshows you see today. But yeah, just look at those dudes from the silver era. Who wouldn’t want to look like John Grimek, Vince Gironda, and Steve Reeves? Silver era was peak aesthetics imo.
Can you say that the people of the Golden Era were completely natural with 100% certainty though? I believe certainly the steroids taken in the late silver and golden era were not taken, and you can say that they may be indicative of natural physiques but i think its hard to say that they are with 100% certainty. No hate, i love the goldnera and think we should be revisiting the information from that period .
I like both bronze and silver era,i think bronze era the strongest and shredded while silver era most aesthetic body and still natural big at best human limits,gold era and mass era are all fake cheators unrealistic not strong,unhealthy full of weak tendons guys,they gain muscles fast they lose even faster it is all temporary whereas bronze n silver are flexible and long last strength and aesthetic with great muscle control
Standing ovation ! Comprehensible breakdown of this remarkable iron timeline . Clearly the bronze and silver era is one many of us would agree n support in regards to a natural approach to training /lifestyle. 👏👏👏⚡⚡⚡
Here's another way, including modern BBing: No drugs (bronze), some drugs (silver), plenty of drugs (gold), no longer a person, just bottles of gear (modern).
I think modern era bodybuilders probably do use more Anabolic Steroids than Golden era (glad someone else realizes Golden era used a lot of gear, most people are in denial) but I think what really changed the modern game was Insulin and HGH.
I define the bronze era as being from 1890 to about 1935,the Silver Era when the Father of the Silver Era Mark Berry published the Mark Berry Barbell Courses,starts at 1936 and ends at 1936 to 1960,The Golden Era starts at 1961 through 1981 when the late Franco Columbu retired
*Tha Silver Era* Physiques are *Goals.* Bodybuilding ain't a Sport, it's *Work of ART.* And tha type of Physiques all Men should try to obtain in Their *PRIME.*
Don't kid yourself Steve Reeves Bill Pearl and Reg Park were all on gear but it was in its infancy. Bear in mind as well, Reeves never lifted heavy weights.
Fascinating reading/viewing. The "hard sell" of various products seems to have always been a part of the game. So many names are coming back to me - a youngster in the 1950s UK. Thanks for these hugely entertaining contributions..
Great video, but bodybuilding emerged in 1901 where was the first competition that focused on appearance. Bronze era (1901-1939), silver era (1940-1959), golden era (1960-1989) and modern era (1990- today). The 80´s bodybuilders had the most aesthetic physiques.
I like the way you categorize the different Eras , Bronze, Silver, and Golden. You give a nice detailed summary of each Era. The Bronze Era was based on naturally strong men lifting heavy weights.Those strong men were pioneers and ate a simple basic diet. The Silver Era brought more of a complete development of the physique and different training routines. I agree, they set the standard for the Golden Era. They combined whole foods and supplements. The Golden Era had bodybuilders using super sets and compound sets and achieved complete development. They learned from the Silver Era but took it one step further. This is great information that I just learned by watching this video. You gave us a short history lesson on bodybuilding. Great job.
Bill Pearl looked phenomenal. 10:48 He was big but still looked healthy. He wasnt overtly vascular like todays guys, the vascularity are graniness of todays bodybuilders does look visually impressive but at the same time it looks so unnatural,unhealthy and unsustainable. It just screams diuretics and PED abuse. Bills physique looks sustainable and incidentally, he is still alive today at 90 years old ! We know that Bill used an oral (Nilevar).
If the Bronze era and even the silver era had the nutrients, machines, and growth hormones that are available today who knows what gains could have been made by these old time bodybuilders. These guys built their bodies with raw iron, motivation and hard work. Great video!
Hello sir. I am from India. Nice to hear your presentation. I would like to inform you that i want the three books, displayed. Guide me where and how can i buy this. Your presentation is very informative and fabulous. Thank you 🙏🙏
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Silver Era is probably the best era to represent the best look to natural human perfection balanced with health and fitness and should make a comeback into the sport of bodybuilding 💯 it’s gone down hill since dramatically and it’s not about health and fitness at all anymore sadly.
- Devon “Beastaesthetics” Palombo
Amen to that.
I agree.
@BeastAesthetics 'Silver Era is probably the best era to represent the best look to natural human' 😄 Wake up man. There are a lot of articles about the beginning roids.
"In 1923, the Shering company (Berlin) collected several tens of thousands of liters of police urine, from which the chemist Adolf Butenandt extracted the breakdown product of testosterone (later called androsterone). The method of obtaining testosterone turned out to be quite complicated, so Butenant invented a more profitable way to synthesize testosterone from cholesterol. A description of its method and structure of testosterone was published after August 1935 in the Journal of Physiological Chemistry.
In 1935, Ernst Laqueur, a professor of pharmacology in Amsterdam, became the crystalline form of the male hormone, calling it "testosterone" "
So, if somebody tries to convince you that the Silver Era of Bodybuilding did without steroids (not so strong compare to nowadays, but) just spit him on him.
Word🙏🏾
reeves had some crazy calves, i'm jealous
Me too
His waist was amazing as hell, it made his calves look better
I prefer the Silver era physiques.
They were awesome
Same they also feel more attainable to me, would love to look like John Grimek
because they were all natural the bronze was incredible also
I prefer the bronze era. More attainable for me.
I've been a full body man for most of my lifting journey, so I'm familiar with the guys of the silver era. When i heard Pavel on Joe Rogan's podcast referring to the guys in the silver era that had this figured out with strength and putting on muscle got me researching the history of training. I felt it was worth learning. That's how I came across your chanel. I'm interested in how different the training was from the bronze era into the silver era. Anyways, i enjoy your content.
Excellent stuff.
Thanks
I really like bronze age. These guys were not only built, but were strong as well. Ofcourse not in standard lifts like today but in unorthodox lifts. What i see missing in later stages of bodybuilding is that strong oblique (often giving square and not v cut look to misd section) was frowned upon. But strong obliques were the defining feature of strong core and also of a ideal greek physique. In later stages big emphasise on big chest was also there, but i would say strong shoulders, core and triceps looked better on normal strong human physique. Ofcourse I love every kind of bodybuilding, from visual point of view (golden,modern, silver, etc) and for amount of hard work these guys put in their physique to match standards of their times.
Amazing, I'm a Brazilian Fan of your work and channel
Good episode! I really love all of these
Incredible job on this vid!
Thank you for this GREAT video !
I love silver era training and early golden era. 20 rep Squats. 8×8. 5×5. 10×10. Etc. All good stuff.
I don't know what to call today's Era of BodyBuilding! maybe The Mass Monster Era??? I myself long for the Golden Era. 1love
Was the best
@@GoldenEraBookworm
Depends if you care about steroids.
For motivation I just think if I was in the silver era I would win
Bronze, Silver, and Gold.........REAL TRAINING.........SO JEALOUS 21🏋️♂️😊❤🇺🇸💪🤘♠️🇬🇧✊
Big Ramy is EXTREMELY impressive - flat out freakishly huge - but, IMO, not so much a bodybuilder as a 'most muscle-least fat' competitor. The aesthetic of the wide shoulders and lats tapering to a small waist is an essential ingredient of what I think of as bodybuilding, and I think that's better represented in Classic Physique. A lot of those guys would have been open competitors in the 70s.
I prefer the Bronze and Silver Era Physique
You left out covering the bubble gut era!
Right
Thank you for this content Brother. I love learning the history of this sport. I’m curious to know who was the first African American Silver/GoldenEra Bodybuilder?
That's imposible to say..but one of the earliest was Ken Peddleton, he was bloody awesome
Leroy Colbert was a great one first man with 21inch arms also was black
@@GoldenEraBookworm thank you for the feedback. Blessings to you 🙏🏽💪🏽
Sad era we’re in right now, the gyms are way more empty than prior
I divide the three eras in this manner: the "Bronze era" from the beginning of Professor Attila's career to 1928 when the single arm lifts were dropped from Olympic weightlifting, the "Silver era" from 1928 to 1958 with the commercial availability of Dianabol, the "Golden Age" from 1958 to to the 1980 Olympia.
However to me the "Bronze Age" is the true golden age and the "Golden Age" is the true bronze age. The era of the "mass monsters" was/is the "Age of Lead"
Klasse Beitrag, Danke Dir, Gruß 👍👍
What about Charles atlas , Jack LALANE on silver age, why did not You put to them to the list?
Please do one how to build a silver era body weight 1 weight (i have a 50kg sack/bag that rice was kept in that i workout with) i cannot add more.weight as it will break and cannot leave due to COV 19
No thanks
@@GoldenEraBookworm ? I meant how do i get a sliver era body with limited weights
@@ajithsidhu7183 weighted chin ups, step ups or squat with weight, push ups with weight, dips with weight etc
@@GoldenEraBookworm been done that ,just dont know on how to progress form.there like sets and reps
@@GoldenEraBookworm need help as if i increase too much it would be endurance based
Bronze era: strong man
Silver era: bodybuilding pre steroids
Golden era: steroids but not completely destroying your body
Modern era: destroy your body with steroids to become a mass monster
IMO the silver era was the best. Bronze era looked like a very fun time through optimization learning and trying things out, silver era improved upon it with more accessibility, and the golden era maximized the body’s potential from the knowledge passed down previously but coupled with the use of drugs.
Unfortunately, the golden era also took a turn for the worst with marketing, worthless optimization, and drugs. The golden era influenced the shitshows you see today.
But yeah, just look at those dudes from the silver era. Who wouldn’t want to look like John Grimek, Vince Gironda, and Steve Reeves? Silver era was peak aesthetics imo.
Silver era physiques were the best, because they were all natural!
Can you say that the people of the Golden Era were completely natural with 100% certainty though?
I believe certainly the steroids taken in the late silver and golden era were not taken, and you can say that they may be indicative of natural physiques but i think its hard to say that they are with 100% certainty.
No hate, i love the goldnera and think we should be revisiting the information from that period .
I like both bronze and silver era,i think bronze era the strongest and shredded while silver era most aesthetic body and still natural big at best human limits,gold era and mass era are all fake cheators unrealistic not strong,unhealthy full of weak tendons guys,they gain muscles fast they lose even faster it is all temporary whereas bronze n silver are flexible and long last strength and aesthetic with great muscle control
Standing ovation !
Comprehensible breakdown of this remarkable iron timeline .
Clearly the bronze and silver era is one many of us would agree n support in regards to a natural approach to training /lifestyle.
👏👏👏⚡⚡⚡
Thanks man, thank you for your support! Long live natural bodybuilding !
@@GoldenEraBookworm yes ! And it'll live on so long as newer younger generation are presented with this golden history 💪⚡
Here's another way, including modern BBing:
No drugs (bronze),
some drugs (silver),
plenty of drugs (gold),
no longer a person, just bottles of gear (modern).
I think modern era bodybuilders probably do use more Anabolic Steroids than Golden era (glad someone else realizes Golden era used a lot of gear, most people are in denial) but I think what really changed the modern game was Insulin and HGH.
@@majicogarcia8417 Exactly, a nd that is also where the bubble guts come from.
I think a majority of Silver Era Body’s are achievable without drugs ( 4-5 years or so)
@@comic3491 yeah, for a very small population.
@@comic3491 yeah no
I define the bronze era as being from 1890 to about 1935,the Silver Era when the Father of the Silver Era Mark Berry published the Mark Berry Barbell Courses,starts at 1936 and ends at 1936 to 1960,The Golden Era starts at 1961 through 1981 when the late Franco Columbu retired
What a joke the woke US Military has been from the days of strong and patriotic men. Thanks Joe!
How do we get a valcun or thesus /Perseus body please
That's genetics
Great breakdown of the supplements they took back then. They consisted of a few ingredients compared to today's supplements.
Great work it's obvious the dedication you put into making this video especially explaining the Bronze Era!
Superb Documentary! Very Factual. 1love
Thank you
*Tha Silver Era* Physiques are *Goals.* Bodybuilding ain't a Sport, it's *Work of ART.* And tha type of Physiques all Men should try to obtain in Their *PRIME.*
Nice to see the pic with Joe Gold at World Gym Santa Monica. Those shirts and sweats are classic and started it all. Joe Gold was a genuine guy.
Thanks so much for keeping old time bodubuilding alive. Love your content. It is very much appreciated by so many. Keep up the great work.
Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Don't kid yourself Steve Reeves Bill Pearl and Reg Park were all on gear but it was in its infancy. Bear in mind as well, Reeves never lifted heavy weights.
What was the Germanic sport that inspired the bronze era?
Turnen! (Gymnastics)
No roids,a bit of roids, a lot of roids,
bronze and silver best
Grate reserch man
One of your Best videos!!!!!
And then came Joe and Ben with their special bottles of 'healthy' juice which turned little Jimmy into Big Rambo. 😂😂😂😂
Silver era is the best era in my opinion
bronze era is for me the best era. I love the greek statue physiques they aspired back then
After watching your channel for the past couple years, this has to be my favorite video you have ever uploaded, cheers 🍻
Back then it was the combination of Strongman and Bodybuilding
More sliver era clarence ross stuff please
Did many videos already
Fascinating reading/viewing. The "hard sell" of various products seems to have always been a part of the game.
So many names are coming back to me - a youngster in the 1950s UK. Thanks for these hugely entertaining
contributions..
If the Golden Era is called that because that's when steroids were introduced, then today should be called the Platinum Era
👍
Sadly some steroid users died of heart attack - I knew one, who trained at the same gym as me in the 1980s.
What would we call the current era? "GH midsection" era?
Great Video 👍
The silver era will comeback🙏🏾
It’s not a sport. It’s a muscle pageant.
Make a video about Dave Draper workout routines please
Canelo took roids( they say) does he look like Reeves , Parks no.!!!
Great summary thanks
I'm deciding which era to emulate, silver or bronze. What do you guys think is better to follow?
I am starting 'bronze'. First step is Sandow's lightweight system.
Who’s the guy at 2:54
Very nice 👌Amazing 👏
great video
Make a video of all website's of golden era and other era's for their information
I don't understand your question
Do more on the bronze era, silver era and golden era are steroided out. I want a realistic build rather than a fake one
Bronze and silver era are mostly natural but golden era is not
Steve's body is the Silver era's best, and it was formed without steroids
Great video, but bodybuilding emerged in 1901 where was the first competition that focused on appearance. Bronze era (1901-1939), silver era (1940-1959), golden era (1960-1989) and modern era (1990- today). The 80´s bodybuilders had the most aesthetic physiques.
I like the way you categorize the different Eras , Bronze, Silver, and Golden. You give a nice detailed summary of each Era. The Bronze Era was based on naturally strong men lifting heavy weights.Those strong men were pioneers and ate a simple basic diet. The Silver Era brought more of a complete development of the physique and different training routines. I agree, they set the standard for the Golden Era. They combined whole foods and supplements. The Golden Era had bodybuilders using super sets and compound sets and achieved complete development. They learned from the Silver Era but took it one step further. This is great information that I just learned by watching this video. You gave us a short history lesson on bodybuilding. Great job.
Bill Pearl looked phenomenal. 10:48 He was big but still looked healthy. He wasnt overtly vascular like todays guys, the vascularity are graniness of todays bodybuilders does look visually impressive but at the same time it looks so unnatural,unhealthy and unsustainable. It just screams diuretics and PED abuse. Bills physique looks sustainable and incidentally, he is still alive today at 90 years old ! We know that Bill used an oral (Nilevar).
If the Bronze era and even the silver era had the nutrients, machines, and growth hormones that are available today who knows what gains could have been made by these old time bodybuilders. These guys built their bodies with raw iron, motivation and hard work. Great video!
Hello sir. I am from India. Nice to hear your presentation. I would like to inform you that i want the three books, displayed. Guide me where and how can i buy this. Your presentation is very informative and fabulous. Thank you 🙏🙏
Great video, it makes me proud to call myself a bodybuilder.
Excellent video. Thank you for your efforts.
Gor my taste, Jim Haislop is the best genetics.
Great video 👍 thank you peace an love
THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR AWESOME CHANNEL.
I love the video.
Great job!!!!
Great content, thank you,
Very good vid. Keep up the work!
This is golden.
my mucus diarrhea farts stink going to b a messy wipe
Was great to see the difference with those 3 era. But what about Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler which era will they be? Platinum?