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Steve Reeves Workout - Remembering The Old-School Bodybuilding Legends

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Steve Reeves is the icon of Natural Bodybuilding and one of the most famous bodybuilders of 1950s. Renowned for his fabulous physique and many bodybuilding titles, Reeves became famous for acting in Hercules movies in the mid-twentieth century. In the world without anabolic steroids, isolation machines and internet it was only a hard work in order to build a muscular and well-proportioned physique. Steve Reeves is the finest example of what people can achieve in building their body without the use of anabolic steroids. Back in the day, guys like Steve Reeves, John Grimek, and Reg Park didn't have online articles and forums to learn some modern bodybuilding techniques as the case is today, but still, they are renowned for having some of the greatest and most athletic physiques. Old-school bodybuilders knew that the key to building muscular physique is the full-body workout routines.   Check out more tips from Natural Bodybuil...

A Lesson from Pre-Steroid Era Bodybuilders - How did 100% Natural Bodybuilders Train?

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This article is devoted to the old-school bodybuilding legends and bodybuilding lessons that we can learn from pre-steroid era natural bodybuilders. When exactly did steroids come to the market? The first anabolic steroid use was noticed at the 1954 World Weightlifting Championship in Vienna when it is discovered that the Soviet's bodybuilders were injecting testosterone. A few months later, physician of the US Olympic Weightlifting team tested testosterone injections of three lifters of that time - John Grimek, Jim Park and Yaz Kuzahara. For all of them, the results were dissapointing and injections didn't cause any muscle gains for them. Results began coming in by 1956 when Nilevar, the first anabolic steroid, was released in the USA for use in wasting conditions. In the 1958 or 1959, Zeigler decided to try the new Dianabol together with Bill March, Tony Garcy and John Grimek. Bill March There were also people who claimed that th...

Classic Bodybuilders VS. Modern Bodybuilders

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CLASSIC  VS. MODERN BODYBUILDERS     Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franks Zane, Bill Pearl, Reg Park and many other famous Classic Bodybuilders are still respected in Bodybuilding world. They were big, strong and natural bodybuilders.  Main difference between Classic Bodybuilders and Modern Bodybuilders: Modern BBs are huge, like giants. They are so massive that they can't drive a regular car, they must drive trucks. Their thigh muscles are massive and their back, shoulders and arms too. If you just want to look big as a mountain well then you are a big fan of Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler and other Modern Bodybuilders. But one, very important thing for Bodybuilding is: They are looking very unaesthetic. Take a look on Classic Bodybuilders and their bodies? They look like Ancient Greece Sculptures, Monuments of Apollo, Adonis, Heracles or some other Hero. They are big enough and they are looking aesthetically amazing....