Peter Georgoulopoulos deals with the pitfalls of overtraining. Source: Paul Graham's Australasian Muscle & Fitness (Vol.2 No.5)
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Rick Wayne pens one of his earlier articles and provides us with an instructional article outlining a routine to build a set of impressive arms. Source: Peak Muscle Maker Vol.1 No.7
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Sergio Oliva provides some helpful pointers that will help you develop a broader and more impressive back. This article is most probably 'ghost written' as Sergio goes to great lengths to praise Joe Weider and the Weider Research Clinic whilst also promoting Weider products! Despite this, the article is still full of great information. Source:…
Arnold Schwarzenegger reflects on the times he trained with Frank Zane. Zane's mental and physical capacity for hard work was renowned and he served as a sterling example for all he trained with. Source: Muscle Builder Power (March 1973)
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Donald Walsh provides some insight into triceps training. The article also contains some excellent shots of Al Beckles training the body part. Source: Peak Muscle Maker - November 1969 (Vol.1 No.6)
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Dennis Tinerino gives his views on overtraining. Source: Paul Graham's Australasian Muscle & Fitness (Vol.2 No.3)
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Roy Perrott provides insight into his abdominal development in this excellent article. Source: Peak Muscle Maker - Vol. 1 No. 4 (September 1969)
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An excellent article on the evolution of arm size. In the 1940's a 14" arm would win a national title, the the 1950's an arm of 16" was considered 'out of this world'. However, by the late 1960's a new breed of bodybuilder beefed up the arm size to exceed 20"!. Leading the gang were…
Wag Bennett provides a bit of background on the 1969 Mr Britain Frank Richard before sharing his chest routine. Article donated by Armando Buttigieg. Source: Peak Muscle Maker (Vol.1 No.3)
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Another article whereby Joe Weider takes an established star and makes wild claims that credit one of his 'Weider System Techniques' for their success. This time its the magnificent Leroy Colbert. Leroy goes to great lengths to credit Joe for the development of his exceptional arm! Source: Muscle Power (March 1958)
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More from the fictious "Weider Research Clinic". This time its the "Inter-set Relaxation Principle". One of the lesser known Weider Principles and rightly so once you read the article. Joe has scrapped the bottom of the barrel this time. Source: Muscle Power (September 1958)
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An early article on arm development by 1955 NABBA Professional Mr Universe Leo Robert. Source: Muscle Power (September 1958)
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