Arnold’s genetics were apparent very early. Here he is at age 12 ready for trick-or-treat with Uncle Helmut (right) and wacky neighbor Dietrich, who is apparently dressed as the front half of a furry legged dominatrix centaur (Helmut was supposed to be the back, but he refused)…
Okay, it’s really Arnold in Conan garb flanked by basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain (left) and wrestler Andre the Giant (right). Arnold is 6’1”, so those other two guys were actual giants in real life…
Even though Arnold’s height was an exception in bodybuilding, it didn’t deter him from building size thanks to his muscle-building instincts…
For example, he almost always included stretch-position moves for each body part…
Plus, we’ve mentioned that Arnold rarely used a slow rep cadence in the gym—his reps were almost always rapid-fire, what we call Speed Sets. Benefits to those piston-like sets include…
1) More fast-twitch fiber involvement from the very first rep
2) Reduced damage due to de-emphasizing the negative stroke
Arnold didn’t know all of that, but as we mentioned, he had an innate ability to hit on the things that produced exceptional mass.
The Oak is known for his size, but he also had proportion. Here’s one of our favorite shots from his prime, a John Balik photo on Venice Beach…
Note: We highly recommend the three-part Netflix documentary on Arnold. Great stuff and insight into the king of bodybuilding.
For more on Stretch-Position exercises, Speed Sets, and how to implement them in your workouts—you shouldn’t always use them—see Old Man, Young Muscle.
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