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Bodybuilding History: The 1960's covers the competitive bodybuilding landscape from 1960-1969. All of the major bodybuilding competitions, including the AAU Mr. America, the NABBA Mr. Universe, the IFBB Mr. Olympia, Mr. America, Mr. Universe and Mr. World, are covered in extensive detail during the transformative era of the 1960's. The sport of Bodybuilding really started to grow in the 1960's. New organizations like the IFBB and the WBBG started organizing competitions to challenge the established AAU and NABBA and the number of bodybuilding competitions grew extensively in this decade. Along with the competitions, raw new talent began to emerge on the competitive scene, resulting in some of the most legendary physiques in the history of the sport (Schwarzenegger, Oliva, Zane, Columbu, Coe and Dickerson among others). John Hansen, author of Bodybuilding Heroes and Legends: Vol 1, dives deep into the most important bodybuilding competitions of the 1960's, creating an accurate history of the bodybuilding competitive scene during this decade. Follow along and watch the rise of the IFBB, the glory years of the NABBA Mr. Universe and the growing dissatisfaction with the AAU Mr. America. Witness the rapid transformation of Sergio Oliva, the growing influence of Arnold Schwarzenegger and the mesmerizing star power of Larry Scott. Bodybuilding History: The 1960's will do more than educate you on the history of bodybuilding, it will reveal all the details that helped shape the sport of bodybuilding in the future.