Sig Klein's Bell

Siegmund Klein was born in Germany, but his family moved only a year later to Ohio. He started training at the age of 17, when he bought his first set of real weights and soon it became clear he was interested in odd objects lifting, posing and other disciplines, aside from weight lifting. Since he was a big fan of Professor Louis Attila, who invented the bent press, he asked his wife to take over his gym after Louis died. Moreover, Sig married their daughter and soon started his own gym which became famous world wide.

Sig Klein covered many magazines, such as Vim Magazine, LaCulture Physique, Iron Man and others, but soon he decided to publish his own magazine "The Klein's Bell" which merged with "Strongman Magazine" after year and a half of great success. The Klein's Bell was initially free of charge for pupils and friends of Seigmund Klein's Studio of Physical Culture, but in the end anyone could buy it for 5c each or 50c per year. Inside you can find the complete magazine from start until the end, featuring many experts in physical culture and bodybuilding and their records, articles, photos and much more.

Table of contents:

Vol 1 No 1 - June 1931

Leon Nole (cover)
Greetings
Preparedness
Special Exercises (Dipping)
Henry Steinborn

Vol 1 No 2 - July 1931

Fred Ritter(cover)
Summer Exercise
Father & Sons
Andre Reverde

Vol 1 No 3 - August 1931

Terry Hunt (cover)
Truth about Big Muscles
A Word About When to Start
Let's Talk it Over
Special Exercises
(Grip-Chin)
Howard Brenton Macdonald
Here We Make Men
Arthur F. Gay

Vol 1 No 4 - September 1931

Herbert Seelig (cover)
Special Exercises
(Thigh Biceps)
Personal Thoughts
Train for Shape
William D. Wareing

Vol 1 No 5 - October 1931

Harry Turi (cover)
Bar-Bells & how I use them
Walther Greenfield
Exercise & the Heart
Kenneth Terrell

Vol 1 No 6 - November 1931

Lawrence Olascuga (cover)
Albert Spottiswood - a bar-bell miracle
Charles Batta
Bobby Pandour
Bodybuilding vs. Sports
Ignatius Neubauer

Vol 1 No 7 - December 1931

Tony Sansone (cover)
Posing for Muscular Display - Pt.1
Max Fleischer
Klein's Studio
Adolpg G. Pitz

Vol 1 No 8 - January 1932

Charles B. Treadwell (cover)
Posing for Muscular Display - Pt.2
Diet
Abe Boshes

Vol 1 No 9 - February 1932

Clevio Massimo (cover)
Posing for Muscular Display - Pt.3

Vol 1 No 10 - March 1932

Tony Sansone (cover)
Queen of the Aerial Trapeze
Posing for Muscular Display - Pt.4

Vol 1 No 11 - April 1932

Frank Miller (cover)
Posing for Muscular Display - Pt.5
The Kettle Bell
Albert Treloar

Vol 1 No 12 - May 1932

Henry Youngblood (cover)
Eugen Sandow by
Alan Calvert
Exercises for the Calves
Alan P. Mead
Ringing the praises of the Kettle Bell

Vol 2 No 1 - June 1932

Aaron Silberman (cover)
James Kennedy
Eugen Sandow by
Alan Calvert
The Arm by Sig Klein

Vol 2 No 2 - July 1932

Alan P. Mead (cover)
Frederich Ludwig Jahn
Do we need exercise?

Vol 2 No 3 - August 1932

The 'Fifteen Inch Arm Club' (cover)
When Apollon became angry
The finished Athlete of Strength
Charles Treadwell

Vol 2 No 4 - September 1932

John Garan (cover)
Three Jolly Germans (The Saxon Trio)
Muscle Binding

Vol 2 No 5 - October 1932

Martin Cook (cover)
The man with the Iron Grip (Vansittart)
The Strong Men of Paris

Vol 2 No 6 - November 1932

Jack Long Jr. (cover)
The Giant of Luxemburg (Gruhn)
Nick Long Jr.
Frank Langan

Vol 2 No 7 - December 1932

Irving Berman (cover)
Adolph E. Nordquest
The Kemmeys