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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 158: Muscleman Beach Run

Joe Weider, Frank Zane, and Arnold running on the beach.

Here’s a rare shot of Joe Weider, Frank Zane, and Arnold running on the beach. Apparently Joe didn’t get the animal-print nut-hugger memo. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, change to gain, frank zane, Joe Weider, Weider

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 151: Arnold’s Curls for the Girls

Arnold carrying two women and Arnold flexing on the beach

Here are a couple of shots of Arnold back in the Golden Era. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, curls for the girls, mass building, multi-angular training

Focus on Muscle Mass—Period

Arnold doing standing calf raises

I can remember reading in Muscle Builder/Power magazine back in the ‘70s about the Weider Staggered Sets Principle…

No, that’s not training drunk—it’s doing a set for another body part between sets of the one you’re working. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, calves, density training, Muscle Builder/Power, muscle mass, staggered sets, vince gironda, Weider

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 144: Arnold at His Peak

Here’s a cool shot from the 1970s of Arnold apparently substitute teaching in Speedos. It’s colorized, something the photographer, the late Gene Mozee, probably wouldn’t approve of, but it does make this version unique… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, arnold's biceps, biceps, biceps peak, bodybuilding zen, Gene Mozee

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 142: Arnold’s Mass Miss?

Cropped and colorized pic of Arnold flexing

Here’s a rare shot of Arnold’s mass back in the ’70s that appears to be colorized. We’re not sure who took the pic, but it’s a killer shot, although… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1970s, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, tom platz

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 135: Arnold Rare Hotel Photo

Rare photo of Arnold on a hotel balcony in the '60s, cropped

Here’s a unique shot of Arnold on a hotel balcony back in the ’60s. We’re not sure who took the pic, but our guess is it’s Hawaii, as the Oak’s flowered trunks suggest. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1960s, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, austrian oak, bodybuilding zen, freak-physique, genetics, Hawaii, multi-angular training, sissy squats, stretch overload, tom platz

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 129: Vintage Arnold Muscle Shot

Here’s a unique shot of a young Arnold, probably colorized. Our guess is he’s around 20 years old here. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, genetics, mind-muscle connection, stretch-overload

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 124: Serge Nubret’s Aesthetic Mass

Serge Nubret's aesthetic mass, cropped

French bodybuilder Serge Nubret competed against Arnold for the Olympia multiple times. But his aesthetic physique never quite overshadowed The Oak’s mass.

Nubret’s physique was more about animalistic beauty, artistic rather than gargoyle-like—tiny waist, broad shoulders, every muscle fully developed… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 4X, aesthetic, arnold, bodybuilding zen, broad shoulders, mr. olympia, physique, progressive muscle-fiber exhaustion, Serge Nubret, vince gironda

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 123: Arnold’s Interview Arm Flex

Arnold rolling up his sleeve to flex for a reporter

Here’s a unique shot of Arnold wowing a female reporter. This exemplifies one reason so many of us lift—to roll back our sleeve and flex a massively peaked biceps… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, biceps, biceps peak, big arms, bodybuilding zen, genetics, pumping iron

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 119: Arnold Backstage Muscle

Arnold backstage at the 1980 Mr. Olympia competition

Here’s a unique shot of Arnold backstage during his last competition, his comeback win at the 1980 Mr. Olympia. He’s got that Oak thickness that’s impressive even by today’s freak standards… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1980 Mr. Olympia, anabolic, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, austrian oak, bodybuilding zen, conspiracy, genetics, magnesium, the oak

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