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Training Methods for Sylvester Stallone for Rocky and Rambo Movies

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Sylvester Stallone training transformation for Rocky & Rambo movies ( Best Action Movies/YouTube ). The video shows the transformation of Sylvester Stallone from an above average athletic physique to a ripped and chiseled physique with extra muscle mass and lower body fat percentage. Stallone used a split routine with two workouts per day for six days per week. Some workouts were four hours long. Different one or two muscle groups were worked on different days to allow focus on a muscle group alternated with rest on another muscle group.  Each workout often involved minimal rest between sets, which kept his heart rate elevated to help burn fat. There was one day every week dedicated to rest, but Stallone also made the rest day an active rest day.  Diet: No mayonnaise. No cream. No butter. Mostly lean meats and fish, eggs and vegetables. Protein shakes throughout the day.  No steroids. All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not n...

Five Shoulder Exercises from Professional Bodybuilder Wesley Visser (Love the Medial Position Recommendation on Horizontal Abduction Machine)

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A complete shoulder workout for the middle deltoid, rear deltoid, and front deltoid by professional bodybuilder Wesley Vissers. Wesley Vissers demonstrates five exercises -- two for middle deltoids, two for rear deltoids, and one for front deltoids. Vissers starts with a cable stack lift, but he raises the pulley to about the level of his hips to get the cable pull vector 90 degrees from the middle deltoid fibers at the begin point and end point of each repetition. He also recommends an ankle cuff to take stress of the wrist. Next, the middle deltoid is worked an a bench set to about 40-45 degrees. Lie on your side with upper body on the up side. Bottom leg is hip flexed and knee flexed underneath. Visser recommends that the top leg is positioned back to permit more range of motion of the side dumbbell raise at the start and end positions. Posterior deltoids are worked using the horizontal hand grips. Visser moves his and position medially to get greater range of motion for each re...

One-on-One Discussion About Training with Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Arnold Schwarzenegger emphasizes the importance putting your mind in your muscle that your are training and staying in the zone (no phone calls, even between sets) on Arnold Schwarzeneggers official YouTube channel ( @ArnoldSchwarzenegger ). Mind in your muscle -- Mind - Muscle Connection. Stay in the zone. Enthusiasm began immediately when Arnold entered the gym. Supersets - the importance of antagonist exercises. Calf Raises -- his weakest feature became the best in bodybuilding. Conditioning. Good form, cheating, and more cheating. Favorite Superset of Only Two Exercises ... Barbell curl with an EZ curl bar would be his favorite exercise, and triceps pressdown with a cable. Arnold's best barbell curl was three reps of 275 LBS. All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed or specifically recommended by ArlingtonAthletics.com for your specific condition or situation.

Heavy Shoulder Day With Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Arnold Schwarzenegger explains how to work on shoulders, like an artist slaps on clay on a sculpture. Exercise listed on a Heavy Shoulder Day by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Barbell Press "Cannot skip this one," according to Arnold Schwarzenegger Barbell Upright Rows (holding the barbell shoulder width) Side Delts (Side-lying dumbbell raises, on a bench) Seated Lateral Raise Front Raises (Arnold Alternates) Bent Over Rear Delt Raises

Keeping the Arnold Press in a Proper Combination of Front Deltoid and Middle Deltoid Work

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When working the Arnold Press you need to start with the dumbbells and elbows held slightly in front of your body with your forearms perpendicular to the floor,  and then press straight up until the dumbbells are in front of your forehead, which is your cue to rotate your elbows out to the side to transition from front deltoid work to middle deltoid work. DO start with your forearms perpendicular to the floor with arms and elbows in front of you. DON'T start with your elbows bent to sharply (acutely) which lets the dumbbells rest on your upper chest and takes the tension off the front deltoids at the beginning of the exercise. DO rotate your elbows outward to your sides when the dumbbells move to the level of your forehead, and continue with the middle deltoid phase of the lift. DON'T rotate your forearms and wrist; you're supposed extend your  Notice the dumbbell handle orientation in 3 positions ... 1. Start (bottom) with handles parallel to the plane of your chest wit...

Jeff Nippard Trains Jesse James West

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Jeff Nippard shows Jesse James West better exercise selections, rep form, and progression load tips (SOURCE: Jesse James West). Back, traps, biceps, hamstrings, quads, chest, triceps. Best tip? Controlling the negative (eccentric phas of a rep). Some Range of Motion tips may be too extreme from some people. See also ... Jeff Nippard - YouTube Jeff Nippard Fitness | Science-Based Bodybuilding All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed or specifically recommended by ArlingtonAthletics.com for your specific condition or situation.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Blueprint Training: How to Train for Mass (from Bodybuilding.com)

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Some of Arnold Schwarzenegger's favorite classic bodybuilding exercises and preferred training techniques for building muscle.  00:00 - Start 00:10 - Some Legends Walk Among Us 00:54 - How to Train For Mass 02:00 - Shock the Muscle 03:25 - How Arnold Trains Chest 06:06 - How Arnold Trains Back 07:10 - How Arnold Trains Arms 08:40 - How Arnold Trains Shoulders 10:18 - How Arnold Trains Legs 10:51 - How Arnold Trains Abs 13:30 - How Much Protein Did Arnold Eat? "Your transformation is our passion. We are your personal trainer, your nutritionist, your supplement expert, your lifting partner, your support group. We provide the technology, tools and products you need to burn fat, build muscle and become your best self." -- Bodybuilding.com How To Train For Mass | Arnold Schwarzenegger's Blueprint Training Program - YouTube See body categories described by ... Chest, Back,  Arms,  Shoulders,  Legs,  and Abs ArlingtonAthletics.com is not affiliated with B...

Discover Your Six Pack Ab Muscles with Fat Loss and Underlying Abdominal Muscle Development

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Losing body fat by walking (SOURCE: Dr. Mike Diamonds). Is there a magic number of about 15,000 steps that causes loss of belly fat? The 15,000 step rule by losing body fat by walking (SOURCE: Dr. Mike Diamonds). Losing abdominal fat is only part of the battle to get Six Pack Abs. The muscles of the abdominal region need to be developed properly by de-emphasizing hip flexor muscle action while emphasizing abdominal muscle action; and you need to understand how isolate and develop specific abdominal muscles that are divided into three functional groups ... Rectus Abdominis is the "Six Pack Muscle" that is primarily responsible for curling your upper body -- as in an abdominal curl. Anatomically, the Rectus Abdominis is the abdominal muscle that is closest to the surface and your skin. Hypertrophy or developed Rectus Abdominis develops the appearance of the "six pack" abs.   The attachments of the Rectus Abdominis are at the Pubic Crest (the Origin), and the Co...