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Golden Era Chest Training Secrets

In the Footsteps of Legends - Part 3: Chest Training Old-School Training Secrets of the Golden Era for a Large, Sculpted, and Symmetrical Chest      This is the 3rd part of my on-going series on the training methods of the “golden era” legends from (mainly) the ‘70s as well as the ‘80s.  If you haven’t done so, I would suggest reading the first two parts before this one just so you will comprehend some of the information that has already been discussed to give you a better understanding of what follows.      Golden era bodybuilders, for the most part, used high-volume workouts to build not just their chests but all of their muscle groups.  For their chests, in particular, they were fond of a combination of compound movements for heavy weights and (relatively) low reps coupled with isolation exercises for higher reps.  In the ‘70s, many of the old-school legends were fond of barbell movements combined with cable exercises...