George Turner’s Old-School Full-Body Program for Gaining 90 Pounds—that’s right, 90!—of Pure Muscle George Turner was in his 60s in this picture! When it comes to old-school bodybuilders, George Turner remains one of my favorites. Probably because of the fact that he was more than just a competitive bodybuilder. He was a gym owner along with being a damn good writer of (damn good) training articles. He was also a bit—how should it be said?—curmudgeonly. But he was without a doubt curmudgeonly in the best possible way. He was, in many ways, similar to Vince Gironda in that regard, just without the disdain for squats. (That’s right, as much as I like Gironda, he wasn’t a fan of the barbell back squat.) Myself, I love back squats. As did Turner. Anyway, that paragraphic preamble is just a way of writing that, as I was thumbing through an old IronMan magazine this morning, looking ...
Essays on Old-School Strength Training, Classic Bodybuilding, Traditional Martial Arts, and Budo Philosophy