Big Muscles Forever

Closing out the review for the July 1971 issue of Muscle Builder/Power I will review the Don Peters leg routine mentioned with a little on Steve Reeves. This article is written by Dick Tyler author of the West Coast Bodybuilding Seen. Get this book about the old timers during Arnold’s time. Tyler starts out by mentioning how good and big (especially in the arms) Steve Reeves looked in the White Warrior. The DVD starts at $1.00 for this item on Ebay. The Peters leg routine was as follows: Squats, one set of eight reps. Keep your feet on a block for balance. Then add weight for another six reps. Then add more weight for four reps. then reduce the weight for six reps. Finish off the sixth set with eight reps of the original weight.

Next don did ten sets of ten to fifteen reps on the leg extensions. He ended the routine with five sets of thirty reps in the donkey calf raise. For each ten reps he would vary the foot positions to point ahead, in and out.

That’s it for the July 1971 issue of MBP. Hope this review helped. If you can find this issue buy it because I’m not selling mine.

Still on the July 1971 issue of Muscle Builder/Power bodybuilding great revealed his intense shoulder routine. He worked his arms and shoulders on the same day. One day he would work his arms first and the next workout his shoulders first. Rick Wayne was a great bodybuilder along the lines of Franco Columbu. His routines which ran in the magazines were always excellent. Here is the routine.

In working the shoulders Rick would warm up with parallel bar dips and chins in super set style. He would do three super sets of as many reps as he could manage. Rick started out with the seated press behind the neck. He did twelve reps for the first set. After a short rest and adding twenty pounds he did another twelve reps. The third set was eight reps with and additional twenty pounds. The fourth set he kept the same weight for eight reps. The fifth set was six reps with the same weight. The final and six set was done for twelve strict reps with a reduced weight.

Next exercise in the shoulder routine was seated bent over laterals. Concentrate and do five sets of fifteen reps. The next two exercises were to be performed in superset fashion. The first exercise was the seted dumbell press followed by standing laterals. In the standing laterals Rick used a light weight (for him ) of 30 to 35 pounds emphasizing strict form rather than heavy weight. Do four supersets using twelve reps in each movement. A tough routine for sure, a Mr. World routine.

Rick Wayne wrote a smll book tiled Arms and Shoulders Above the Rest. If you can find it, which will be tough, buy it.

The July 1971 issue mentioned on August 8th, 2008 has two articles reporting on Arnold’s first Mr. Olympia win which happened in 1970. After losing to Sergio Oliva in 1969 Arnold brought up his week points and beat a smooth Sergio Oliva for the title. The author of this story is Bob Kennedy the founder of Muscle Mag.

A second article was reported by former Mr. World Rick Wayne which basically stated that Sergio wasn’t afraid of Arnold and blamed the judging. Sergio thought that there needed to be a more ethnically diverse judging panel. It was brought out by Rick Wayne that the same all-white judges awarded Sergio three straight Mr. Olympia titles prior to this loss to Arnold.

It should alos be noted that the third contestant in this contest was the old time classic bodybuilder Reg Lewis who would be in the symetrical Reeves, Zane category.

So there you have it. The “mega” contest that got it rolling for Arnold.