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Real Bodybuilding the Old-School Way

  How Classic Bodybuilders Gained Mass, Sculpted Their Physiques, and Achieved Fantastic Condition!          Ever since I first picked up a muscle magazine in the 1980s, I have loved the old-school, classic bodybuilders from the decades that came before me.   I realize that I’m old enough that even my training heyday of the ‘90s is now considered “old-school,” which, if I’m being entirely honest, seems quite odd to me.   However, when I think of old-school, I think of the “silver era” of bodybuilding (roughly the ‘40s and ‘50s) along with the “golden age” of bodybuilding (‘60s and ‘70s).      I still love those eras.   I love writing about those eras.   I love reading about those eras.   I love the training from those eras.      I think that the training wisdom from those bygone days of bodybuilding glory has a lot to offer the modern bodybuilder, especially the drug-free o...

Old-School Split Training

       I may give the impression at times that I’m not a fan of split workouts.  That’s not true, of course.  I have a lot of split programs here on the blog—in fact, I’ve probably written considerably more split workout programs than full-body ones over the course of my writing career.  But it’s also true that I do have a certain disdain, and don’t try to hide it, for “modern” workout splits.  Programs where you train only one bodypart at each session, and take off a week between training sessions for individual bodyparts, pretty much drives me crazy.  And, of course, yes, I’m obviously a fan of full-body workouts.  Not only are they highly effective, but they’re probably the  best form of training for the “average” gym-goer, allowing you to train your muscles frequently (always a plus in my book), while also minimizing the amount of time that you have to go to the gym each week.  You just can’t beat workouts like th...

Old-School, Full-Body Mass Building

Get Big and Strong Using this Old-School Workout Program      Old school bodybuilders—from the ‘70s and before—built their muscles with full-body workouts.  They started their lifting careers with basic, full-body training sessions using only a limited amount of exercises, with a limited amount of sets to boot.  As they slowly built up their work capacity, they added sets to their exercises, and then added new exercises once they had the ability to handle them.  They stuck with full-body workouts even as they began to use multiple exercises per bodypart for multiple sets.  Eventually, some of these classic bodybuilders began implementing split programs, but that was only if their workouts got so long that they were almost forced to change to a split system.  But then there were guys like Clancy Ross—perhaps bodybuilding’s original mass monster—who stuck with full-body workouts throughout his career.      The ol...