For me Thomas Topham was one of the first physical culturists, there were a lot of strongmen or indian fakirs in the east but I don't know many other strongmen from the 1700s performing feats in front of audiences in Europe without trickery, this guy really was something special.
There is an article about him here
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/585 ... -strongman
How long has Physical Culture been going on for?
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