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8 Things We DON'T Miss About 90's Bodybuilding!

8 Things We DON'T Miss About 90's Bodybuilding!

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s were known for bodybuilders that rocked Zubaz pants, fanny packs and even sunglasses in the gym. Beyond that however, there were some ridiculous training programs, beliefs and practices that we all would love to forget in addition to the fashion. In this video, I-m going to cover the 8 things we don-t miss at all about nineties bodybuilding and what we can learn from these mistakes. We start with excessive spotting. It seems that no matter where you turned in Gold-s Gym, somebody was getting spotted through an exercise. Heck, even if you didn-t want one someone was always willing and ready to give you a lift no matter what you were doing. Whether it was curls, bench press, or even tricep pushdowns, someone was there to help you lift the weight and do at least fifty percent of the work for you. Today, your muscles are better off for your move to independence. Let-s keep it that way. Next, it only takes a brief skimming of one of the most popular bodybuilding magazines of the day - Ironman Magazine - to see how too many sets were being prescribed in every workout. They literally had us doing 29 sets for chest on a Tuesday and then coming back on a Friday to finish up with another 31. That is just pure insanity. Today we have learned how more is less when it comes to balancing out the quality of the training you do with the time it takes you to do it. It gets worse however when you look deeper into those marathon workouts. For shoulders for example, it was not uncommon to be asked to perform 7 different variations of side laterals alone. From standing side laterals to seated side laterals to even machine assisted. I-m not saying that there is anything particularly wrong with any of the variations, it-s just that we certainly didn-t need to include them all in the same workout. Moving on, the anabolic window is something that took an even longer time to fade away. In fact, to this day some still believe that the critical 30 minutes post workout is all you have to get your nutrients in or forever waste an opportunity to feed your starving muscles what they need to grow. This simply isn-t true, especially if you have eaten within a couple hours prior to training. The protein your body is still digesting from your meal prior to working out is still available and ready to help you after you-re done lifting. The next thing that had us a bit hesitant to jump on a treadmill and do anything but walk slowly was the fear of cardio eating up your muscles. Now, a fitness regimen consisting primarily of long endurance activities at the expense of heavy explosive lifting will definitely craft a body that is less impressive. That said, a little cardio here and there is not going to hinder your ability to pack on muscle and will actually help you to get to a level of leanness that will show off the results of your hard work even a little bit more. As for the local gym -pharmacist-, it seems that every gym had a creep like this. Even when you did your best to avoid him around the gym itself, he always seemed to appear when you were just trying to get changed and get home after another hard, unassisted workout. Turn down his offers and you might just get a first hand look at his drug induced rage. Finally, while I believe that functional training has gone way too far there was a time in the 90-s when bodybuilding did everything it could to be anything but functional. Every exercise was performed on a machine and the very thought of having to do something with your own bodyweight without being strapped to some contraption was nothing but inferior training. Thankfully times have changed. As you can see, there were quite a few pitfalls that you wanted to avoid if you trained through the 90-s bodybuilding era. Of course, just like then there are many today as well. The key is trying to train hard and most importantly, smart. If you-re looking for a smart training program and nutrition plan that you can use to start looking and feeling like an athlete, click the link below and pick the program best suited to your goals today. If you want to see more videos on how to train like an athlete and the best workout program to get ripped and build muscle at the same time, be sure to
Date: 2022-04-22

Comments and reviews: 10


What are you trying to say Jeff!
Looks like the 90's training-style is what your (physical) foundation is built upon!
It's your Genesis bro. recognize.
Probably -planted-the-seed- that got you to take it to the next level & (academically) study it. just sayin'.
Good thing Jesse was there to save you. you -really- don't have an Ab-Crunch machine in your fancy designer gym! Bro! Peck-Deck?
Dude, finding a -good- spotter is like finding a -good- co-pilot for a roadtrip (concerts, expos. not too much help, just what/when it's necessary. again, recognize.
It's like your friendship with Jesse. how rare is dat (brother from another mother!
As for all the -variety- in training. bro, watch your own videos. all 1 million of them! You want variety!
So are you trying to tell us that you still have the 90's Magazines laying around (it's the pictures, but you don't have any string tank-tops, over-size half-shirts, or baggy pants laying around! I call BS! Where did Jesse get all the gear for the video! Hmmmmm?
Recognize.

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It's funny but it's true. I got introduced to gym life in an old school gym in the 00s by guys who learned everything they know in the 90s and bloated shoulder workouts, every type of bench while getting spotted (an -actual- method used: overload the weight so you couldn't do it yourself but have your spotter assist the whole time to 'get you used to the weight', and meeting the classic couple of Diana and Ester with the gym pharmacist was very real. You can't miss the gym pharmacist though, he's the only one that not only stuck around but got more effective and widespread over time.
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I did a lot term project which put me out of town for 8 months in the late 90's there was this guy at the gym that would ask for a spot on every Fu-king set. At first I was always getting caught. Then I learned the trick to watch for him out of the corner of my eye and jump into a set, like everyone else. When we finished we would act wiped out and say -Dude I ain't got the strength give me a minute- Finally the gym owner told him use machines or get out.
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A lot of bull $$$ in the gym in the 90. Wrong exercises damaging your joints, 25 sets per muscle and oh, everyone was -NATURAL-. Huge, but -natural-. They were so scared if anybody would find out they take d-bol or deca. I enjoyed the jokes and watching them fight sometimes. Still more fun than seeing today people on their phones, doing 2 sets with 40 minutes brakes.
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I remember seeing a Franco Columbu workout where he had those LOOOONG lists of workouts that went to the freakin moon. Still good though I liked it but those long workouts session exercises cant be good for those specific joints in the long run. I like to spread the love out a little more if you know what I mean.
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This is freaking hilarious and a great walk down memory lane, but it would have been awesome to some detailed explanations on why these are best left in the past because sadly a lot of people still cling to these beliefs and they don-t understand why they need to let go!
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This is a masterpiece, watched it 10+ times. I-m only a few years younger than Jeff but recall these days. Sent it to a colleague 10 year my senior who was a hardcore body builder back in the 90s and he was laughing aloud. Spot on guys!
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Kevin levrone shaun ray dorain Yates unreal body builders. If you didnt like these looks you weren't in to body building. Simple. Even early coleman and then bang loads of big guts took over true 90s thin waist wide shoulders
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As recently as Easter Weekend, somebody told me that they didn't want to do much cardio as they wouldnt be able to build as much muscle. I've never understood the whole -doing cardio loses muscle thing-.
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2. 27. i would deystroy myselth traning like a the Olympia capacity I would get Dom's for a week in one body part I did that for about 2/3 years. lol funny to wotch because it all to true.
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