A native Texan, Kimberly Beckwith graduated with a B.A. in Biological Sciences, an M.Ed. in Sport Management, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies-Sport History, all from the University of Texas at Austin. While in college, she was a three-time national collegiate powerlifting champion and national collegiate finalist in singles and doubles handball. Beckwith enjoys researching and writing about the history of exercise and women's strength sports of powerlifting and weightlifting.
Ph.D.
in Dissertation Title: Barbellism: Alan Calvert, the Milo Bar-Bell Company, and the Modernization of American Weightlifting., University of Texas, Austin, 2006
Teaches courses on sport history and strength and conditioning. Research focuses on physical culture history.
Beckwith, K. (2016). Weight Training (2nded.): Kendall Hunt.
Beckwith, Kim. & Todd, Jan. (2010). George Hackenschmidt vs. Frank GotchMedia Representations and the World Wrestling Title of 1908. Iron Game History, 11(2), 14-25.
Beckwith, Kim. (2009). Weight-lifting as a sport, as a means of body building, and as a profession: Alan Calverts The Truth About Weight-Lifting. Iron Game History, 10(4), 22-23.
Beckwith, K. (2008). Weight Training. Dubuque: Kendall/ Hunt Publishing.
Beckwith, K. & Todd, J. (2005). Strength: Americas First Muscle Magazine, 1914-1935. Iron Game History, Journal of Physical Culture, 9(1), 11-28.
Cortez-Cooper, M., DeVan, A., Anton, M., Farrar, R., Beckwith, K., Todd, J. & Tanaka, H. (2005). Effects of High Intensity Resistance Training on Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection in Women. American Journal of Hypertension, 18(7), 930-34.
Beckwith, K., Hofmann, A. & Krüger, M. (2004). The Work of Louis Durlacher alias Professor Attila in the United States. Südwestdeutsche Turner in der Emigration (, pp. 173-188). Schorndorf: Hofmann.
Beckwith, K. & Todd, J. (2002). Requiem for a Strongman: Reassessing the Career of Professor Louis Attila. Iron Game History, Journal of Physical Culture, 7(2&3), 42-55.
Beckwith, K. (1994). Thomas Jefferson 'Stout' Jackson: Texas Strongman. Iron Game History, 3(2), 8-15.
