Thursday, September 25, 2008

Classic Physique Building Inspiration: The Films of Reg Park!

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(Photo above: Reg Park; Mr. Britain 1949; Mr. Europe 1950; Mr. Universe 1951; Mr. Universe - Pro 1958, 1965) Need some more classic physiqu...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Classic Physique Builder Zine? Please Take Our New Poll.

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(Photo above left: modern muscle mag Muscular Development , above right: Golden-Age mag Your Physique ) Are you frustrated with the modern,...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Classic Physique Champion - Clancy Ross!

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Meet Classic Physique Champion Clancy Ross (photo above) - Mr. America 1945, Mr. Pro America 1946, Mr. USA 1948. Clancy was known as "K...
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Monday, September 8, 2008

Alan Stephan's Abbreviated Beginners Prep Routine for a Classic Physique!

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(photo above - Alan Stephan, Mr. America 1946) Are you an absolute beginner? Would you like to build a classic physique? Are you confused by...
Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Classic Physique Goal Setting - Train for Proportion & Symmetry, Not Just Size!

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(Photo above: Steve Reeves, Mr. America 1947, Mr World 1948, Mr Universe 1950) Once you've decided to embark on your destination of buil...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Classic Physique Definition

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Above left photo: Rich Gaspari - mainstream bodybuilder. Above right: Steve Reeves - classic physique builder There is a real difference be...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Mainstream Bodybuilding Ideal - Cartoons!

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Above: Ronnie Coleman - Mr Olympia (Left), He-Man Cartoon Character (Right) Check out our new video on mainstream bodybuilding's ideal (...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

Classic Physique Building vs Bodybuilding

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Photos above: Flex (mainstream bodybuilding mag) and Muscle Power (classic physique building mag from the Golden Age) If you visit the main...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Joe Weider - Some Regrets?

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Photo Above: Joe Weider on the cover of Your Physique Magazine (Nov 1947) Recently, Joe gave a revealing interview which leads us to believe...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Classic Physique Mass Building Principles

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Take a look at Jack Delinger (Mr Western America 1948, Mr America 1949, Mr Universe 1956) above. He was a champion of the pre-steroid Golden...
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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Leroy Colbert - Classic Physique Mass

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Not convinced that you can attain a massive, powerful, yet still classic physique? Take a look at Leroy Colbert (above). He was Mr. New Yor...
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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Classic Physique Supplements - Harold Poole

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What kind of supplements did the champions of the Golden Era of Classic Physique Building use to build their great physiques? In the curren...
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Friday, May 30, 2008

Reg Park - Classic Physique Mass

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Do you think that you cannot build mass naturally, without steroids? Take a look at Reg Park above. Reg built his mass naturally, before the...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

So What is a Zeller Curl?

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In our last post, we gave you Marvin Eder's favorite arm routine for breaking through "ruts." One of the exercises he recommen...
Saturday, May 3, 2008

Favorite Arm Routine of Marvin Eder

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Marvin Eder (Mr New York City 1949, Mr Eastern America 1950) was a young, rising star in the early 1950s world of pre-steroid bodybuilding. ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Classical Look

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The tradegy of modern, mainstream bodybuilding is that it lost the ideal of the classic physique in favor of the gargantuan, "hulk-like...
Friday, October 12, 2007

Introducing Classic Physique Champion - George Eiferman Mr America 1948

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Check out our new video clip of George Eiferman. George was Mr. Philadelphia 1947. That year, he also competed in the Mr. America contest a...
Sunday, September 30, 2007

Eating for a Classic Physique: The Steve Reeves Diet

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So what kind of diet did these classic physique builders of the Golden Age of Natural Bodybuilding follow? Well, here is the Steve Reeves D...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

The Golden Age of Classic Physique Building: The Classic Ideal

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What made the Golden Age of Classic Physique Building "Golden" was a conscious effort to emmulate the classic ideal. This can be s...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Classic Physique Building: The Greek Ideal

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In a pervious post, we discussed the ancient Greek roots of Natural Bodybuilding. It is certainly true that bodybuilding can trace its roots...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Classic Physique Supplements of the Golden Age of Natural Bodybuilding

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Just what supplements were available during the Golden Age of Natural Bodybuilding? Well...we won't give a comprehensive list in this po...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Joe Weider - Father of Classic Physique Building?

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We have mixed feelings about Joe. On the one hand, he was certainly in the position, along with his brother Ben, to stop the take-over of c...
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The Classic Physique vs. The "Hulk"-like Physique: Traps and Neck Appearance

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Another point to consider in comparing the classic physique with the "Hulk"-like physique is the development of the traps and its...
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Sunday, September 9, 2007

The Classic Physique vs. The "Hulk"-like Physique: Traps and Shoulder Width

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Another important difference between the classic physique and the "Hulk"-like physique is in the development of the traps and the...
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Classic Physique Building Inspiration: The Films of Steve Reeves

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Need some classic physique building inspiration? Check out the films of Steve Reeves. After winning the Mr. America 1947, Mr. World 1948, an...
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Friday, September 7, 2007

Classic Physiques in Magazines from the Golden Age of Natural Bodybuilding

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If you are looking for inspirational classic physiques in today's mainstream bodybuilding magazines, then good luck! They and few and ...
Thursday, September 6, 2007

The Classic Physique vs. The "Hulk"-like Physique: Leg Shape

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There are many differences between the classic physique and the over-developed, chemically-enhanced "Hulk"-like physiques of toda...
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Classic Physique Building: Ancient Greek Roots

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Classic physique building in the western world has its roots in the culture of the ancient Greeks. Classical and Hellenistic sculpture give ...
Sunday, September 2, 2007

The Classic Physiques of Reg Park and Steve Reeves

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Reg Park (photo: left) was an English bodybuilder, businessman, and film actor. He won the Mr. Britain 1949, Mr. Universe 1951, 1958, and 1...
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Saturday, September 1, 2007

Your Physique: Joe Weider's First Bodybuilding Magazine

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In a previous post, we stated that our beginning date for the Golden Age of Classic Physique Building was 1940 - the year that Joe Weider pu...
Friday, August 31, 2007

Steve Reeve's Beginning Workout Routine for Building A Classic Physique

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When Steve Reeves started weight training, he was 16 years old and weighed 156 lbs. Here is his beginning workout schedule that he followed ...
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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Joe Weider on Building a Fantastic Body Naturally!

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"People who don't believe you can build a fantastic body without spending a fortune or - I have to say it - taking dangerous drugs,...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The Twilight of the Golden Age of Classic Physique Buildling: Harold Poole (Mr Universe 1963, Mr America 1964)

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The Golden Age of Classic Physique Building did not end ubruptly in 1960 with the advent of steroids, but it did fade away rapidly. Neverthe...
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