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Behind the Bastards
The book was quoted several times during the episode, particularly regarding Bernard McFadden's early life and experiences, including his difficult childhood and the smallpox vaccine incident. It provided a detailed account of his upbringing.
One morning, not long after Bernard had recovered, his mother took him to St. Louis. So already we're on a bad start here. They were met at the Mississippi River docks by a strange gentleman.
— Episode: Part One: How the First Fitness Influenc...
Episode: Part One: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed...
The book was quoted several times during the episode, particularly regarding Bernard McFadden's early life and experiences, including his difficult childhood and the smallpox vaccine incident. It provided a detailed account of his upbringing.
One morning, not long after Bernard had recovered, his mother took him to St. Louis. So already we're on a bad start here. They were met at the Mississippi River docks by a strange gentleman.
Mary explained to her son that the man was going to take him away on a steamship. She did not mention a return trip.
Long after the boy had grown up and reinvented himself as Bernard McFadden, he recalled the resulting scene as being torn, screaming and clawing and kicking in a frantic agony of fear from his mother's arms.
For simplicity's sake, Bernard had temporarily abandoned his two meals a day habit for three squares served at the academy.
Perhaps inspired by the life changing pamphlet of dumbbell exercises he'd received on his first visit to the Missouri gymnasium. He published a four page brochure describing how to use the McFadden Exerciser.
Episode: Part One: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed...
The book was quoted to describe Bernard McFadden's difficult childhood, particularly his time at a harsh orphanage and his mother's eventual death. The quote detailed the emotional trauma of a young Bernard's separation from his mother.
One morning, not long after Bernard had recovered, his mother took him to St. Louis. So already we're on a bad start here. They were met at the Mississippi River docks by a strange gentleman.
Mary explained to her son that the man was going to take him away on a steamship. She did not mention a return trip.
Long after the boy had grown up and reinvented himself as Bernard McFadden, he recalled the resulting scene as being torn, screaming and clawing and kicking in a frantic agony of fear from his mother's arms.
Mary told her eight year old son the cold truth. Hopeless and nearly destitute, wasting away from late stage tuberculosis. She no longer had the energy or means to care for a growing boy.
For simplicity's sake, Bernard had temporarily abandoned his two meals a day habit for three squares served at the academy. Near the end of the spring term, he felt the early symptoms of pneumonia coming on and immediately diagnosed his relative gluttony as the cause.
Episode: Part One: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed...
The book, Mr. America, was quoted several times to give details about Bernard MacFadden's childhood and his early experiences, like his mother sending him away to a horrible orphanage.
One morning, not long after Bernard had recovered, his mother took him to St. Louis. So already we're on a bad start here. They were met at the Mississippi River docks by a strange gentleman.
Mary explained to her son that the man was going to take him away on a steamship. She did not mention a return trip.
Long after the boy had grown up and reinvented himself as Bernard McFadden, he recalled the resulting scene as being torn, screaming and clawing and kicking in a frantic agony of fear from his mother's arms.
For simplicity's sake, Bernard had temporarily abandoned his two meals a day habit for three squares served at the academy. Near the end of the spring term, he felt the early symptoms of pneumonia coming on and immediately diagnosed his relative gluttony as the cause.
Perhaps inspired by the life changing pamphlet of dumbbell exercises he'd received on his first visit to the Missouri gymnasium. He published a four page brochure describing how to use the McFadden Exerciser.