The Joe and Betty Weider Museum of Physical Culture

03/08/2024

https://texashighways.com/culture/the-stark-center-puts-physical-feats-on-display/

A hidden gem on UT Austin campus honors the study of physical culture and sports throughout history

21/07/2024

Be sure two watch the new Biography: WWE Legends A&E documentary on the life of Mark Henry. It premiers tonight...at 7:00 central time. It was a pleasure for the Stark Center to be part of this project! So proud of you, Mark!

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=729731889221287

21/06/2024

Just wanted to say thanks to Sarah McAbee and photographer Marsha Miller, for the lovely coverage of the Stark Center and my involvement in helping make it possible in the new Texas Leader magazine. Here's an on-line link:

07/07/2023

Five years ago, on July 7, 2018, The Iron Game lost a foundational pillar when Stark Center Founder and Director Terry Todd passed away. Help us continue Terry’s mission and honor his legacy by making a gift to The Stark Center. Your generous support is an investment in the Center’s future and will provide important resources to continue Terry’s work. Visit Starkcenter.org to make your gift today!

06/07/2023

The Stark Center remembers and honors Don Reinhoudt who passed away July 3, 2023. Reinhoudt was a legendary champion of powerlifting at the super heavyweight level and winner of the 1979 World's Strongest Man competition. He was a true friend of The Stark Center and one of the central figures in Terry Todd's quintessential book Inside Powerlifting.

In the first of these four photos, Don reaches back to shake hands with Jerry Blackwell and other competitors before receiving the winner's trophy from Terry Todd.

We send our heartfelt condolences to Don Reinhoudt's friends and family.

29/06/2023

Five years ago, The Iron Game lost a foundational pillar when Stark Center Founder and Director Terry Todd passed away. Visit StarkCenter.org to make your gift today. Please help us honor Terry's legacy by sharing this video and https://starkcenter.org/honor-terry-todd-legacy/

Terry Todd first imagined a library dedicated to the study of exercise and strength during his doctoral work at UT Austin as he tried to write a dissertation about the history of strength and weight training in America.

Inspired to make it easier for others to follow in his academic path, Todd began collecting physical culture materials in the 1960s. That instinct to save and preserve the books and materials of the past eventually led to the creation of The Stark Center and the founding, in 1990, of “Iron Game History: The Journal of Physical Culture.”

Todd was multi-talented and tireless. He authored 8 books and more than 500 articles in both popular and academic journals. He worked for Sports Illustrated, CBS, and many other media outlets, he coached some of the strongest men and women in history, and he promoted the Arnold Strongman Classic—now considered the most important strongman event in the world.

He also made documentary films on the history of strength and was a major force in the popularization of powerlifting and strength training in the twenty-first century. Without his vision and willingness to take on big tasks, The Stark Center would not have existed and the world of strength would not be what it is today.

Help us continue Terry’s mission and honor his legacy by making a gift to The Stark Center today. Your generous support is an investment in the Center’s future and will provide important resources to continue Terry’s work. Visit Starkcenter.org to make your gift today!

12/01/2023

Read Jan Todd’s new blog post here:

https://starkcenter.org/2023/01/an-unexpected-pleasure-kissing-the-ground-in-equilibrium-a-search-for-the-origins-of-the-pushup/

27/07/2022