Golden Era History Training How Vince Gironda helped Arnold Bring His Legs Up To Par Written by Dr Juan Carlos Cassano aka The Golden Era Bookworm When we look at comparison shots of Arnold in 1966, to the later Arnold of the late 60s and later still, the early 70s, the size, cuts, and muscular separation are obvious. His quadriceps matured and he had clearly improved on the muscular separation […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Books Golden Era Training Vince’s Six Week Bulk Course: A Review Written by Dr Juan Carlos Cassano aka the Golden Era Bookworm Muscular Bulk. This is what many people would call laying a foundation. Many beginners nowadays don’t understand the importance of this most important step in one’s bodybuilding journey. Just look at any natural shows and most competitors look like they POWs fresh from a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Training How Vince Gironda Trained Apollo Creed Written by Dr Juan Carlos Cassano aka the Golden Era Bookworm The Iron Guru was so known because of his unbelievable and uncanny ability to transform actors into tip-top shape ready for their roles in Hollywood movies. Therefore, it is no surprise that Vince helped Carl Weathers shape and cut his physique for the iconic […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Training How Larry Scott Taught Arnold To Blow Up His Biceps To 20 Inches Using The Preacher Curl When we think of Arnold Schwarzenegger, it’s hard not to envisage his massive chest and biceps, pumping iron at Gold’s Gym during the Golden years of Bodybuilding. Much is known about the routines Arnold would use in his competitive career, but not much is known about his initial mass programs. I recently created a video […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Training Book Review: The Sissy Squat Many exercises that we take for granted nowadays were invented long ago. Take the Sissy Squat. Now here is an exercise that is both poorly understood and that has probably been around for over a century. It was practiced by most bodybuilders at Vince’s Gym, who searched to perfect their thigh sweep development to a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Training Why Vince Recommended Training Legs For Bigger Arms We all want big arms, and most of us will try just about any routine and exercise to get them. It is no wonder we have invented so many varieties of curls including Barbell Curls, Dumbbell Curls, Preacher Curls, Spider Curls, Cable Curls, and all their variations. Vince of course recommended that we change our […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Training How Arnold Schwarzenegger Used The Gironda Dip To Develop His Lower Chest…And How You Can Too Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Austrian Oak. The greatest bodybuilder of all time! Arnold has inspired millions if not billions of men around the world to take up bodybuilding, yours truly included. When I remember seeing Arnold as a kid in the movies, I remember seeing his huge arms and enormous chest. That Chest….that barrel-like chest was […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nutrition Weight Gaining Diet Vince Gironda designed the Weight Gaining Diet for underweight individuals who were new to bodybuilding and needed to drastically increase their bodyweight. Whereas the All Protein Muscle Building Diet was a low carb diet designed to add muscle mass without any increase in bodyweight, the Weight Gaining Diet aims to drive up both muscle mass […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nutrition Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Diet Vince Gironda’s recommendations for high quantities of beef and organ meats would certainly lead to the assumption that he wasn’t a huge fan of vegetarianism. However, there is a time and a place for everything, and a vegetarian diet is no exception. Whilst Vince would never recommend it for a young man aspiring to build […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nutrition 5-Day Fasting Diet Although fasting has only become a popular mainstream diet in recent years, this is another protocol Vince Gironda recommended way back in the 20th century. Vince observed that eating heavily over extended periods of time would result in a heavy build-up of mucus in the intestinal tract, which would prevent the proper digestion and absorption […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nutrition The Ultimate Guide To Vince Gironda’s Diets When people hear the name Vince Gironda, the words Iron Guru and Larry Scott come to mind, as well as Vince’s Gym and Sissy Squats. When it comes to Vince’s Diets, people instantly think of the Steak and Eggs Diet, or the 36 eggs a day diet and Desiccated Liver and to most people, that […] October 26, 2020March 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Training The Preacher Curl It’s Origins & How To Perform It The Preacher Curl is one of the best isolation exercises that can be performed for the development of the biceps. Synonymous with Larry Scott and the development of his colossal biceps, it is no wonder that it is also referred to as the Scott Curl. However, who invented […] September 24, 2020October 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Training 5 Famous Vince Gironda Exercises A lost art from the Golden Era of Bodybuilding was this concept of “body sculpting”… where a man could envision a physique and enter the gym to work the exact muscles that sculpt his ideal body. In the history of bodybuilding, there has been no greater body sculptor than the legendary Vince Gironda, who could […] July 14, 2020October 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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