In the Footsteps of Legends - Part 4: Back Training Secrets of the Golden Era for a Wide, Thick, Massive, and Muscular Back We have reached the 4th part of my series on the training secrets of the golden era bodybuilders, the legends that pumped iron back in the 1970s and ‘80s. Part 1 was an overview of golden era training, their methods, techniques, and secrets. Part 2 covered some of the methods I missed in the 1st part, along with their techniques and exercises that they used to build wide, boulder-like deltoids. Part 3 was all about chest training. I advise you to read those articles, particularly the 1st two, before reading this one, as they discuss some of the methods that are helpful in understanding why the golden era icons trained their backs the way that they did. With that out of the way, let’s get right into back training… I love training back. It’s easily my best bodypart an...
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...