[quote]bigmike88 wrote:
fully body machine circuit hahaha =/[/quote]
Ditto, but with drop sets.
Day 1: Chest, tris, shoulders
Day 2: Back, biceps
Day 3: Legs
Day 4: Chest, tris, abs
Day 5: Back, biceps
Day 6: Legs (optional)
[quote]MarcAnthony wrote:
The old Weider course pack that came with a beginner, intermediate and advanced program printed on posters (with an 80’s bodybuilding superstar on each poster).
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Me, too, though it was just the three posters that came with the beginner set of barbell, two dumbell bars, cement in plastic weights, and plastic collars that I got for a present.
Did the three whole body workouts once each week doing the simple progression of going from 6 to 12 reps. Followed it for a year and half when I was fifteen and dropped 50 pounds of fat. My bench was this wobbly thing whose arms were just a little wider than my head. It’s amazing I didn’t kill myself on it.
I added an adjustable squat rack later. Thought I was a bad ass since I could squat all the weights. Ha!
It’s the phsyiques from that time that still stick with me and are still my ideal - Scott, Draper, Columbo and Schwarzie. Really liked Zane cause he was so freakin’ ripped for the time and I was a fat ass.
Nostalgia.
ummmmmm let me think
it was …
machine incline
machine chest press
machine row thing
machine pulldown thing
machine preacher curl
machine flys
machine other chest press
all 3 sets of 10 every other day
oviosuly thats terrible and its funny to look back on lol
My very first workout was Gilad’s “Arms of Steel” VHS workout tape!
My first gym workout was upper body every day, 3 times a week.
I think the worst thing that ever happened to me was reading about the “Joe Weider INSTINCTIVE Principle” and using it every workout for the first year. Knee “pain”? No problem, just do curls instead of squats. Haha, I was retarded.
I started out training as an Olympic lifter with a coach who was a friend of my dad’s, and I just did whatever routine he gave me. The first one was…
- Military Press
- Barbell Rows
- Goodmornings
- Upright Rows
- Barbell Curls
- Squats
3 times 10 on them all, 3 times a week. There’s no bench press, which seems strange, but what’s stranger is that they didn’t even have a bench in the gym - just a couple of weight-lifting stations and a bunch of barbells. And I think he only threw in curls because he knew I wanted to look like Arnold. It was a bit primitive but it was hardcore and I’ve been aching to go back for a while now.