I’ve been training for almost 50 years, and it’s been a chore building muscle. You’ve heard of skeletons in your closet? Mine are in my family tree… [Read more…]
Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 225: Sergio Oliva, Mass Mutant
Three-time Mr. Olympia Sergio Oliva had perhaps the most incredible bodybuilding genetics of all time—although some claim it’s an illusion created by a Cuban witchdoctor who cursed him with a shrunken head (Steve Downs photo)… [Read more…]
Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 223: Arnold Walks Looking Huge
Here’s a classic shot of Arnold looking incredible, leaving a party because it’s obviously too damn cold… [Read more…]
Mentzer’s High Intensity: Right or Wrong? Part 9
Mike Mentzer’s training concepts work for many bodybuilders. Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates trained in that style… [Read more…]
Mentzer’s High Intensity: Right or Wrong? Part 7
In the last training newsletter I said that volume, intensity, frequency and choosing the correct exercises are all factors governing damage that produces overtraining… [Read more…]
Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 211: Arnold’s Wedding Muscle
Here’s a photo of a young Arnold at a wedding when he misinterpreted the term “Best Man.” “I vill show who ees de best man.” [Read more…]
Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 210: Mike Mentzer’s Mighty Shrugs
Then there’s the time Mike Mentzer lost a bet and had to cart Casey Viator around the gym in a makeshift rickshaw. Mike’s Heavy Duty belly shirt was not part of the bet. Good times at Gold’s… [Read more…]
Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 195: Bob Paris Belts Up
Bob Paris’ aesthetic physique had him looking incredible even when he was just buckling his belt… [Read more…]
When the Overtraining Hammer Hits…
Most obsessed muscle-heads are laser focused on training to the max and not missing workouts. That’s because we can’t bear to lose an ounce of muscle…
That goes double for those of us who are drug-free. Muscle is much harder to accumulate when you’re clean, not to mention old and genetically challenged. [Read more…]
Best-Chest Building Tip from Hercules
A few newsletters back I praised the aesthetic physique of Steve Reeves, movie Hercules who won the 1947 Mr. America and the 1950 Mr. Universe… [Read more…]
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