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Scientific Training: Look Like a Bodybuilder

Jay Cutler doing spider curls

Q: After being involved in weight training for many years, and after working with many people as their instructor at home and at gyms, I think the main reason, and by far the most important one, that lifters get big and strong is because of their own personal genetics. How they train doesn’t make much difference. High reps, low reps, whatever. If they put even a little amount of effort in, they get big. Of course, drugs help immensely, but the actual type of training system they use is of little consequence, as long as it’s reasonably sound. I built 22-inch arms without drugs, and I performed a standing press with 400 pounds. I honestly do not believe it was because I trained scientifically. I did train hard, but it was because of my genetics that I gained so well and got so strong.

A: You are correct, but most trainees who are genetically gifted probably aren’t reading this. That’s too bad because by experimenting with science-based training, most of them could be so much better; however, because they gain easily, they think they’re doing things right and they keep plugging away with mediocre methods and never reach their full potential. [Read more…]

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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 37: Frank Zane’s Perfection Progression

In our Zen 33 newsletter, we had before and after pictures of Frank Zane. We found a few others in our archive that show his progression from skinny teen, age 17, to bulky 20-year-old to Olympia physique perfection… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d muscle building, 7-minute fix, after-40, after-40 muscle building, belly fat burn, bodybuilding zen, Brad Schoenfeld, burn fat, fat burning, frank zane, mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage, perfect physique, perfection, physique, proportion, symmetry, young Frank Zane

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