Arnold doing behind-the-neck presses, a Golden Era favorite Golden Era Training Secrets for Old-School Shoulder Size, Strength, and Symmetry This is the 2nd part of what will be an on-going series dedicated to the training of old-school bodybuilders, particularly those of the “golden age” of bodybuilding, the ‘70s and ‘80s, though it will also pull upon the “silver era,” as well, if I think some of the training methods used by those bodybuilders is needed for our discussion. You don’t have to, but I would recommend reading Part One first, just so you will have an “overview” of the training methods that the golden era bodybuilders used. Initially, I didn’t think about turning this into a series. After I was about halfway through my previous essay, however, I realized that I had enough ideas rattling around in the ol’ bodybuilding brain that I could easily turn it into a series. I also realized that a multi-pa...
Essays on Old-School Strength Training, Classic Bodybuilding, Traditional Martial Arts, and Budo Philosophy