Indeed, growing one's muscles in a country with a communist ideology was not easy – bodybuilding and communism did not go well together. It all began in the 1960s, when cinemas across the...

However, its early history was marred with controversy, and the Chinese Communist Party, led by Chairman Mao Zedong, publicly condemned the sport and officially banned it in 1953.

2021年4月13日 · The sport, which first emerged in China in the 1930s, was outlawed by the Communist Party because it was "bourgeois" and "narcissistic".

2018年6月5日 · The 1930s saw a brief flurry of interest in bodybuilding in China, but in 1953, the Chinese Communist Party essentially outlawed it, calling it a bourgeois pursuit. It wasn't until the early 2000s that sheer physical strength, as embodied in bodybuilding, became popular again in …

2023年5月21日 · Excluding communists from impoverished countries where activities like bodybuilding might be the least of their worries, too many leftists are, quite simply, lacking physically, and instead focusing their energy to theoretical and philosophical matters.

2024年12月3日 · Bodybuilding in China dates back to the 1930s. It was first introduced to the Chinese in Guangzhou, when missionary school attendee Zhao Zhuguang started promoting it, having attended overseas bodybuilding courses. However, its early history was marred with controversy, and the Communist Party of Ch

2021年4月13日 · Zhang opened his gym just one year after the government had lifted a ban on bodybuilding in place since 1953. The sport, which first emerged in China in the 1930s, was outlawed by the Communist...

2020年10月30日 · Would bodybuilders of any sort be able to exist in a communist society? Also, would they be able to gather and host their own bodybuilding competitions? (which might cost money for judges, the stage, filming, etc.)

2019年1月18日 · Back in the 1960-70s the government of the USSR strictly forbid the opening of bodybuilding gyms. Simply put, they didn’t accept “kulturizm” (Russian word for bodybuilding). According to Russia Beyond , it all began in the 1960s, when cinemas across the Soviet Union were screening the Spanish-Italian film Hercules , where the title role ...

2020年8月14日 · Could professional bodybuilders exist in a communist society? Professional bodybuilders require much more food than the average person. Also, it's sort of a "personal …