Casey Viator’s Old-School “Killer” Biceps Program Casey Viator is probably most well-known—almost infamous, truth be told—for his role in the so-called “Colorado Experiment” used by Arthur Jones to “prove” the validity of his brief, basic “H.I.T” Nautilus training over other training methodologies. (Jones invented the Nautilus machine, by the way, so he had some money—and a reputation—at stake.) Anyway, Viator gained over 60 pounds in only 28 days using (something like) just 12 workouts that lasted no longer than 30 minutes each. This is not the place to get into the Colorado Experiment—I don’t think I’ve written about it before now, so maybe I’ll leave a future essay just to it—but let’s just say that a lot of the “facts” may not be the facts, after all. Especially if Boyer Coe is to be believed. In a few interviews with him in some of the ‘90s muscle rags, he said that Viator would actually sneak away from the Nautilus facility, where he would visit a local gym and do mor
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