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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 219: Arnold’s Vintage Mass

Talk about genetics. Here’s a rare shot of 10-year-old Arnold on a fishing trip with his uncle Helmut, who always wondered why Arnold wore “nut-huggers” on all of their excursions…

Arnold flexing on a pier as a teen

Seriously, Arnold’s size was impressive from an early age—he’s not really 10 above. Probably 13 or 14.

A lot of his mass was due to his training instinct…

For example, we’ve mentioned that Arnold rarely used a slow rep cadence—his reps were almost always rapid-fire, what we call Speed Sets.

Arnold didn’t know all the mass-building benefits, which you’ve seen in this newsletter ad nauseam…

He simply had an innate ability to incorporate the things that produced his classic mass, like faster reps and stretch exercises. And, man, did it all gel, as you can see in this studio photo taken by the great Jimmy Caruso…

Arnold flexing his biceps in a studio, photographed by Jimmy Caruso

Incidentally, we highly recommend the three-part Netflix documentary on Arnold. Great insight into the king of bodybuilding presented in three parts—from muscles to acting to politics.

For more on Speed Sets, the ideal exercise, and stretch-position moves, as well as how to implement them all into your workouts, see Old Man, Young Muscle.

Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.

—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
www.X-Rep.com

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, Jim Caruso, Jimmy Caruso

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