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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 173: Larry Scott’s Beach-Ball Biceps

Larry Scott’s guns aroused attention everywhere in the ’60s, especially on the beach. Ladies would swoon as they walked up to him and asked, “So exactly how did you shed all of your body hair?” [Read more…]

Body Type and Mass Gains

My friend and colleague Doug “Mr. Universe” Brignole recently said something that had me rewinding to years ago when I reported on a study that verified his point… [Read more…]

Focus on Muscle Mass—Period

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…]

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 145: Danny Padilla’s Double-Biceps Perfection

Here’s a couple of killer shots of Danny “Giant Killer” Padilla (photog unknown). Talk about flexion perfection. [Read more…]

Blood Bath for Extreme Mass

Way back in the 1970s, an Iron Man author named Dennis DuBreuil explained his Blood Theory…

Basically, he said that there is a direct relationship between how well a muscle pumps and how well it grows… [Read more…]

Work Harder, Grow Bigger? Nope

For years I believed that if I worked harder in the gym—to failure and beyond—I would grow bigger. I had no doubt that soon my muscles would expand beyond belief…

Hard work and patience, right? Nope. It didn’t happen. Why? I was working hard, but I wasn’t working smart—at least, not as smart as I could have been… [Read more…]

Growth-Threshold Mass With Class

Lee Labrada never won the Mr. Olympia, but he got close due to his incredible symmetry, proportions, and muscle size. An Iron Man editor (Steve) gave him the monicker “Mass With Class” back in the ‘80s for good reason—his physique was a work of art (photo by Per Bernal)… [Read more…]