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It has been and continues to be a real pleasure to share a common interest in classic physique building with you all.
It is my hope that more and more people turn away from roid-based bodybuilding and find natural, classic physique building as a healthy lifestyle. I think we've got a shot of making that come true - with your help! We do not share info with anyone. So you will not get on any unwanted lists or receive any automated emails even from us! Photo Above: Monty Wolford - Mr. Southwest , Mr. Los Angeles , Mr. Venice Beach Perhaps the most destructive aspect of roid-based, mainstream bodybuilding today is its glorification of extreme, unnatural size!
Fortunately, in pre-roid Golden Age Classic Physique Building of the s and 50s , there was no glorification of extreme size! Instead, the goal was to attain an aesthetically-pleasing size and symmetry that was reminiscent of the beauty of the statues of the Ancient Greek and Roman gods! This necessitated an acceptance of a "culture of health and vitality" - which is why Reeves and the other champs of the pre-roid Golden Age of the s and 50s were proud of their health and strength as well as their physiques!
Reeves would often say that his goal was to be the healthiest person alive! What a difference in goals and cultures! For classic physique builders of the Golden Age and today, this freedom from being obsessed with extreme size is liberating!
Because our size goals are realistic and attainable while pursuing health and vitality at the same time! Take a look at the photo above of the great Monty Wolford. Who would not want a physique like his? It is healthy, full of vitality, with classic muscular size and symmetry!
Is this kind of physique attainable and realistic? Reeves was 6'1", Monty was 5 inches shorter. So to achieve a classic physique like Reeves, Monty's measurements needed to be smaller to match his height and bone structure. Neither Reeves or Wolford obssessed about extreme size. What for anyway? Do you want to look like a cartoon i. For modern classic physique builders CPB'ers , the choice is not a hard one.
So do we! So to achieve your classic physique, you need to follow a "culture of health and vitality" along with following pre-roid Golden Age methods of proper training, proper nutrition, proper rest, and persistence. Such a "culture of health and vitality" is not only good for the body, but it is good for your spirit and character and will set you apart and enable you to be a good example for others. In this way, classic physique building not only benefits you, but also will have a positive effect on those around you.
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The routine is presented here for historical purposes so no exercise descriptions will be given. You will also note that this routine uses supersets, cheating, and peak contraction methods! Monday - Upper Body 1. Lying Triceps Curl 4. Seated Dumbbell Triceps Curl 6. Upright Rowing Sit Up 3. Leg Raise 5. Toe Raise 8. Thigh Curl Headstrap Exercises 2. Triceps Rear Raise with Dumbbell 4. Standing Triceps Curl 6.
Back and Foward Barbell Press use 10 reps instead of 9 8. Shrug Twist Sit Up - use 7 reps to each side instead of 9 3. Combination Toe Raise - 1 set toes straight , 1 set toes out , 1 set toes in Again, Joe Weider advocated this kind of routine in the early s for intermediate trainers.
But not everyone was on board for split training. There were still plenty of people who followed the full body 2 or 3 day a week training routines. In any case, split routines like this should be included in your "toolbox" and may be useful from time to time. There is a lot to discuss and learn from Joe's routine here - so feel free to comment!
So you won't get on any unwanted lists or receive any unwanted, automated email - even from us! Up until now, on CPB Blog, we have focused on covering the standard 3-day per week, full body workout schedule. This was certainly the mainstay for most, if not all, of the champs of the pre-roid, Golden Age of the s and 50s.
In other words, this kind of training was how most of the CPB champs built the bulk of their classic physiques. That being said, split training was also known and used. But, at first through the s and early s , split training was used only by the champs who had already built their physiques a couple of weeks before a contest in order to put the finishing touches on their muscularity. They thought that this could be accomplished by slightly "overtraining" - which is what they thought split training would lead to.
After the contest, they would then return to their 3-day per week, full body training. This practice was a general pattern.
Some, like Reeves, stuck to their 3-day per week training right up to the contest and after! Some, like Leo Robert, liked to train 6 days a week most of the time. The bottom line is that split training was considered an advanced trainer's technique - it was not for beginners or intermediates.
In at least as far as my research has uncovered so far , Joe Weider had a revised version of his course called "Muscle Building Courses of the Champions" that advocated a split routine for intermediate trainers. Beginners were given a 3-day per week, full body workout course that was to be followed for 3 months.
After that, Joe put them on a 4 day split routine that trained the upper body twice a week e. This split routine was to be followed for another 2 to 3 months or until the gains stopped. In terms of Golden Age training, Joe's advocacy might be the earliest attempt to introduce split training to intermediate trainers rather than reserving it for advanced trainers.
So, split training for intermediates is a pre-roid Golden Age training tool. Other authorities at the time did not agree with Joe's approach and stuck to the classic 3-day per week, full body schedule.
It should be noted that, in Joe's approach, split training was appropriate for intermediates, but not for beginners. This is still quite different from today where a beginner will be given a split routine right off the bat. We should also note that most of the Golden Age Champs if not all of them - like Grimek, Reeves, Eiferman, Stephan, Ross, etc - built their physiques with the classic 3-day per week, full body schedule.
It is also clear that even after Weider advocated this type of split training for intermediates, many still followed the classic schedule. What is not clear is how many if any Golden Age champs built their classic physiques, as intermediates, with a split routine.
We know now, as did many in the pre-roid Golden Age, of the anabolic advantage of full body training as opposed to split training. We don't share our info with anyone. The Fall issue of CPBzine is ready for distribution! The pdf file size is almost 10MB, so make sure you have enough room in your inbox!
I will start emailing the issue out tomorrow and it may go out to everyone over a couple of days - so just sit tight! I hope everyone likes it. Distribution should begin within 24 hours. So you won't get on any unwanted lists or receive any automated email even from us! Photo Above: Steve Reeves - Mr. Pacific Coast , Mr. Western America , Mr. In previous posts, we mentioned that Steve Reeves didn't directly train his abs most of the time.
This is certainly true. However, the specific routine that he used to prepare for the Mr. America and at least one of the Mr. Universe contests that he competed in, did contain 2 sets of knee raises on a vertical bench with some light ankle weights. However, it would be wrong to conclude from this that Steve did not really train his abs.
On the contrary, he felt that his abs got plenty of training from all the other exercises in his routines.
He noticed, for example, that when he did tricep pushdowns, he would strongly contract his abs. This was true for his other exercises as well. When you consider the amount of concentration and all-out-effort he put into every set of his exercises, then it is quite believable that his abs got plenty of training. So much so, that he didn't feel the need to train them directly. I'm sure if he had felt that his abs needed more training, he would have done more.
That being said, as we look over the pre-roid Golden Age of the s and 50s, we can identify 3 basic approaches that the champs seemed to follow:. There are pre-roid Golden Age champs who followed each approach and they all have great abs. So what can we learn from this? That all 3 approaches work! But each approach may not work for everyone. Many people trying to gain mass find that they cannot do so when they include direct ab work in their routines this phenomenon was noticed by Vince Gironda.
Others do fine when training the abs normally. Still others can take the high rep approach. The bottom line is that you have to see what works for you. But remember, proper exercise can only tone tighten up a muscle, or increase its size.
There is no such thing as "spot reducing. It doesn't matter what approach above you take, your "six pack" will not show if there is a layer of fat over it and ab training will not reduce that fat even cardio is not the best way to burn up calories. Vince Gironda once said not to even bother training your abs until you can see them! Then when you can see your abs, you can start training them and actually see the effect your exercise is having on them. Vince had other reasons for avoiding ab training during mass building, but we will save that for another time.
Just remember, if you want great abs, get your diet right first - then pick one of the three approaches above and see what works best for you. We don't share our info with anyone, so you won't get on any unwanted lists or receive unwanted, automated email spam - even from us! Canada , Mr. Universe - Pro One of our CPB Readers asked how the pre-roid Golden Age champs achieved their definition without doing all the cardio that is popular today.
This is an important question because the time will come, in building a classic physique, when you will want to improve your definition. So it is important to understand the principles and practices that they used. First, we should re-emphasize that classic physique definition of the pre-roid Golden Age was different than the "ripped, shredded, cadaver-like" look of today. The ideal of that age the s and 50s was to have a classic physique that "radiated with vitality and the glow of health. So they classic physique builders and judges were not impressed by straited gluts and seeing every subcutaneous vein.
The definition they admired still recalled the muscularity seen in the ancient classical Greek sculptures of the gods and heroes. The following list is an incomplete list of principles and practices that the pre-roid Golden Age champs used in order to achieve their classic definition. These principles and practices would have been used differently by each individual depending on their circumstances e.
So please don't think that they necessarily used all these principles at the same time.
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