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Alan Calvert
American weightlifter, businessman, magazine publisher, and the author of several books

Alan Calvert

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American weightlifter, businessman, magazine publisher, and the author of several books
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Delaware County, United States of America
Place of death
St. Davids, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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69 years
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Alan Calvert (1875 - June 24, 1944) was an American weightlifter, businessman, magazine publisher, and the author of several books. He was the founder of one of the first barbell companies in the world and one of the first strength-training magazines in the United States.

Life

Calvert was born in 1875. He became a weightlifter after reading A Natural Methodist of Physical Training by Edwin Checkley.

Calvert founded one of the earliest barbell companies in the world, the Milo Bar-bell Company, in Philadelphia in 1902. He was the founding publisher of Strength, one of the first strength-training magazines in the United States, from 1914 to 1920. In 1919, he sold both the Milo Bar-bell Company and Strength magazine to Richard L. Hunter and Daniel G. Redmond in 1919. In 1932, the company was purchased by Bob Hoffman, who renamed it the York Barbell.

Calvert wrote several books about weightlifting. In his writings, he promoted progressive strength training, and he argued: "There is no greater asset in the business world, and in the social world, than a fine physique."

Calvert died on June 24, 1944 in St. Davids, Pennsylvania.

Selected works

  • Calvert, Alan (1911). The Truth about Weight Lifting. Philadelphia. OCLC 8895592.
  • Calvert, Alan (1924). Super Strength. Philadelphia: Milo Publishing Company. OCLC 637901992.
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