The 4 bodybuilding legends that you must listen to!!

When I just want to start working out, I get confused because I don’t know how to workout, where to workout, what to eat, bla bla bla.

And so I opened youtube hoping that it would help me.

But the moment I opened that youtube, I was absolutely crushed by all these ‘fitness’ youtubers.

There is this person just training hard, doing his max deadlift every week, then there is this science based lifter that does this seated lying cable pulldown, then there is Mike Mentzer that said all of those guys just overtrain, and there are the guys that suggest me to do high volume training.

And so I got nothing but confusion.

And so, if you read this letter you might save yourself 1 full year of just being confused about working out because, I will list out the 4 most people that influence my training philosophy.

Btw, the reason I believe these 4 people were trustworthy is because 2 of them are natty and achieve peak strength and muscle size, and the other 2 of them have just achieved peak muscle gains without injury.

And, one more thing… They are always consistent with their philosophy.

I see science based lifters promote high volume training, then himself suddenly just does low volume training because it’s the one that sells.

But don’t worry, these people do bodybuilding not because of money, but for passion (because back then there is no money in bodybuilding lol)

The first guy is of course Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The first thing when I see Arnold is his arms. And the way he talks about dumbbell curl is just awesome, he just like talking to the muscles.

And this is what the first thing I learn from Arnold… the mind muscle connection.

This is not a small adjustment in my training, it’s a huge one.

I was doing pull ups, but all I did is just moving my scapula, and never move in an arch motion. Which means, I just use my upper back not my lats. 

Or… when I do bicep curl, I just curl it up with my arms traveling forward, which means I rarely use my biceps! It just my shoulder.

I knew something really important from mind muscle connection… It’s not only about ‘feeling the muscle’, it’s actually ‘working the muscle.

And the other thing is just Arnold’s high volume approach. He did the most volume he can recover, which impacts a lot in my training.

The second bodybuilder is Lee Haney…

The lesson that I learned from Lee is how he divides the exercises.

He has power movement, which focuses on moving the weights and doing it in 6 – 10 rep ranges, and he has rhythmic movement that focuses on controlling the movement doing it in 8 – 12 rep ranges.

He made me realize about the strength transfer from power to bodybuilding.

And one thing I learn from Lee is his exercises selection. He prefer free weights above anything else.

The third man is Reg Park. He is a silver era bodybuilder. 

This is the man that made me realize how powerlifting achieve peak natty potential.

If you know the 5 x 5 system, he is the one that created it, and I in some period of training, I use it. 

For example, for 6 months I include the 5 x 5 system, then change again to bodybuilding routine.

The last man is Marvin Eder.

This guy is underrated, but his strength was unbelievable… Deadlift 700 lbs, bench 500 lbs, wide grip rowing 80 reps in a row, do 1000 dips in 17 minutes.

This guy is the first guy who really taught me how to transfer powerlifting strength to bodybuilding.

He would have 2 heavy day, and 2 high volume days.

This guy taught me that to grow strong and big, you must embrace powerlifting and bodybuilding. You can do it periodically, or like Lee Haney, or combining 5 x 5 system etc.

So those guys are my list if you don’t want to get misled by the modern industry.

Arnold. Lee Haney. Reg Park. Marvin Eder. 

That’s it.