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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 77: Frank Zane’s Greatest Shot?

Frank Zane in a "relaxed" pose

Frank Zane wasn’t the biggest bodybuilder of his era by any stretch. He competed and won the Mr. Olympia weighing around 190 at 5’9”. And 40 years later, his physique is still considered an ultimate ideal by the many…

His secret was that he always came in super-crisp with delineated abs. In fact, his abs stood out in bold relief even when he was standing relaxed, as in this photo. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: aesthetics, anabolic reload package, big arms, bodybuilding zen, frank rich, frank zane, massthetic arms, mr. olympia, phyique, proportions, symmetrical, symmetry, vascular arms, vascularity, veiny arms, x-treme lean

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 74: Mike Mentzer Beach Mass

Mike Mentzer on a beach in Australia, cropped

This impressive shot of Mike Mentzer was taken by Wayne Gallasch on a beach in Australia. It really captures Mike’s herculean mass that captivated the bodybuilding world back in the 1970s… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1970s, 1978 Mr. Universe, 1979, 1980 Mr. Olympia, Australia, beach, beach body, bodybuilding zen, fiber types, forced reps, frank zane, full-body workout, heavy duty, hypertrophy, mentzer, mike mentzer, mr. olympia, mr. universe, negatives, pre-ex 3x, protect your family, quick-start muscle building, roger schwab, self defense, stx method, stx workout, Wayne Gallasch

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 70: Frank Zane Work of Art

Frank Zane flexing his biceps in a stuidio

This shot of three-time Mr. Olympia Frank Zane shows him in the studio hitting a classic biceps shot. His physique was a true work of art… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Blog Tagged With: anabolic reload package, bodybuilding zen, bodyweight training, classic physique, frank zane, mr. olympia, physique, proportion, ripped, symmetry, x-treme lean

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 65: Frank Zane Age 35 vs. 65

Here’s a very cool comparison of three-time Mr. Olympia Frank Zane in his prime to how he looked peaked at age 65… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1977, 2007, all-dumbbell workout, anabolic reload, bodybuilding zen, boost testosterone, frank zane, full-body workouts, GH, growth hormone, Hormone Replacement Therapy, mr. olympia, quick-start muscle building, recovery ability, STX, testosterone, testosterone replacement therapy, trt

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 62: Frank Zane Gut Vacuum

Frank Zane's vacuum pose

This shot of three-time Mr. Olympia Frank Zane shows him hitting a classic stomach-vacuum pose. Amazing… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic reload, arnold, biotrst, bodybuilding zen, classic physique, frank zane, free protein, free supplements, mike mentzer, mr. olympia, physique, ripped, transverse abdominis, vacuum pose, x-treme lean

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 60: Frank Zane Age 50

Frank Zane, relaxed in studio

Frank Zane, 3-time Mr. Olympia, was never a bigger-is-better bodybuilder. He concentrated on his weak areas to sculpt ripped, aesthetic mass… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 50 years old, aesthetic, after-40 muscle building, bodybuilding zen, Brad Schoenfeld, frank zane, home protection, mike westerdal, mr. olympia, over 40, over 40 bodybuilders, POF Mass-Move Matrix, protect your family, ripped, self-defense, symmetry

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 59: Mike Mentzer Relaxed Mass

This impressive shot of Mike Mentzer was a poster that Steve had on his wall in his late teens for motivation… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1980 Mr. Olympia, anabolic reload, bodybuilder, bodybuilding, bodybuilding zen, frank zane, genetics, hypertrophy, IFBB, iron guru, master trainer, mike mentzer, motivation, mr. olympia, muscular potential, nautilus machines, physique, pre-ex 3x, pre-exhaustion, roger schwab, slow-twitch exhaustion, stx method, vince gironda

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 49: Mike Mentzer, Beach Freak

This John Balik photo of Mike Mentzer is insane—serious freak on the beach and one of the best pics of Mike we’ve ever seen… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, beach, beach body, bodybuilding zen, frank zane, heavy duty, iron man magazine, john balik, legend & myth, mike mentzer, Mr. America, mr. olympia, mr. universe, Muscle-Building Quick Start, quick-start muscle building, ray mentzer, vince gironda, Weider

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 39: Frank Zane’s Abs

Frank Zane wasn’t the biggest bodybuilder of his era by any stretch. He competed and won the Mr. Olympia weighing around 190 at 5’9”. And 40 years later, his physique is still considered an ultimate ideal by the majority who lift… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: abs, anabolic reload package, bodybuilding zen, eat the fat off, frank zane, free e-book, Harvard research, physique, ripped, ripped muscle, x-treme lean

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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