Arnold's '74 Olympia workout

[Madcow2]

I train to percentages of my max aka powerlifting/olympic lifting style for low reps (not going to failure), with a little bodybuilding thrown in at the end of a workout.

That's called the right way.

 

[Illuminati]

you said that you were only interested in strength...if so, why would you follow a routine like that, and not a powerlifting routine?

 

[TheOak84]

seeing that wasnt his routine to get big, it was only his precontest, i see nothing wrong with it. he found what he needed to perfect his body, and he did just that. he had the greatest body of his time, a true legend and icon of the bodybuilding world.

steve - whats wrong with his exercise selection? a curl is a curl. besides when ur curling an 80 pound DB precontest, i dont think your worried about adding size, only maintaining.

i believe arnold could have had 22 inch arms. not uncommon, larry scott had 21's. plus arnold had a huge frame and a long ass arm. 21 3/4 is what i remember from his book. either way, it could have read 17 inch arm, he still would have been the greatest.

 

[cmdubs]

Unless you're Arnold or a cyborg that's way too much volume IMO.

Just looking at that routine makes me feel overtrained. Good luck. I know I couldn't handle it.

 

[SPORT SCIENTIST]

you said that you were only interested in strength...if so, why would you follow a routine like that, and not a powerlifting routine?

I meant in regard to my legs, which are huge, probably too big, from the powerlifting/olympic lifting that I have done in the past

 

[Makavelli]

Let us know how it goes.

 

[The Shadow]

Arthur Jones measured MANy of ther top pros in the 70's.

Arnold was 19 cold
Caset Viator was a bit uner 19
Franco was under 17
..the ONLy 20inhers he measured cold were:

Sergio Oliva
Eddie RObinson

 

[BOOEY]

Arthur Jones measured MANy of ther top pros in the 70's.

Arnold was 19 cold
Caset Viator was a bit uner 19
Franco was under 17
..the ONLy 20inhers he measured cold were:

Sergio Oliva
Eddie RObinson

Do you know when these were taken (early 70's versus mid)? Arnold seems a couple inches bigger than 19, even in street clothes around the time of the 74 Olympia

 

[psychedout]

Emulating our heroes is very tempting, but can be very dangerous. Arnold was a machine, plain and simple. The Austrian Oak. His routine was specialized to how his body reacts best. Plus he was on massive amounts of gear (I don't buy the argument that pros in the 70's used light cycles .. bullshit, they were on excessive amounts, minus hgh).

Anyway, two-a-days are taxing; I did a similar routine over the summer and after two weeks I was sick of the gym. I sucked it up, and finished a 10 week cycle of it, with OK results. I could have gotten the same by doing 5 day/week, 1 bodypart/day. The key is to go into it slowly and gradually. If you're going all out in the first week, by week 3 you'll be dead. Let us know how it goes

I was gonna post exactly what he said.

 

[The Shadow]

Do you know when these were taken (early 70's versus mid)? Arnold seems a couple inches bigger than 19, even in street clothes around the time of the 74 Olympia

Early 70's...1or 72