You've had a positive influence in my life.

You were one of the good guys

Betty Brosmer AKA Betty Weider.



Mr. Weider had an enormous influence on my life. I am very saddened by his passing. RIP, Joe.

certainly testify that Joe Weider's equipment has made a big improvement in my health and the health of my family. His stuff may not be fancy - and is scoffed at by many who shill for the rich boys' toys - but his company makes decent workout tools 'for the rest of us'

Thanks Joe, and may you take a well deserved rest.

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The Weider workout stuff is pretty decent quality.

This guy's legacy - focusing people on physical fitness - is a good one.

...alll those memories of reading those old 'Muscle and Fitness' magazines........

...good times....

(a little bicep flex for ya', Joe!)

ferret..............(sigh)

and it changed my life physically, ever since. I didnt become a giant bodybuilder, but I became as strong as i cared to be

i was surprised by the tone of it, all of these bodybuilding champions confessing their insecurities, the message being 'we did it, you can too'

very generous people

RIP, Joe

I bought his guide to bodybuilding when I was a freshman in college. I lost about 90 lbs. then put on 20 lbs. of muscle. I've been doing the same workout routine and have kept the weight off for years.

Everybody can do something for activity to burn calories and stop eating JUNK FOOD. So when I post an opinion about how fat Christ Christie is don't get mad a delete my post.I exercise EVERY DAY doing spin cycling at LA Fitness I weighed myself this morning I lost 13 pounds in two weeks I went from 202 to 189 in three weeks. I watch my carb intake and I stay away from sugary things.

My other gramps passed at 98 after taking a fall on some wet rocks by the river while looking for a good fishing spot. Fractured a vertebrae in his neck, regained use of his limbs (paralysis from the neck down) & lived a feisty life for another 5 years after the fall. He didn't life a fitness lifestyle either.

Both were hard working Dust Bowl survivors that would have been cracking up if anyone suggested that they should follow a Weider regimen!

Sometimes it's the genes, mebbe?

I might oughta add the grammas on both sides outlived the above menfolk by several years, & they probably worked harder than their spouses!

It would be interesting to know what the exercise habits and life spans of his male relatives were.

I remember when I was a kid I wanted so bad to be like Joe.
me tall and skinny, Joe strong, fit and trim

Don't know how many times I read Muscle and Fitness in the 1980s. These methods reshaped the way I think about exercise and flexibility.

He and his magazines put me on the fitness trail. Built my lifestyle around it. Too bad he is gone.