Continuing our Vince Gironda interest, today features an article written by the man himself on what separates the men from the champions in Bodybuilding. The answer may just surprise you. I have stated numerous times that champions obviously possess something that others do not. Even though training partners do the same routine set for set, rep... Continue Reading →
The History of the Mind-Muscle Connection
“What puts you over the top? It is the mind that actually creates the body, it is the mind that really makes you work out for four or five hours a day, it is the mind that visualizes what the body ought to look like as the finished product.” Arnold Schwarzenegger The mind-muscle connection? That's... Continue Reading →
Vince Gironda, ‘The Mental State’, The Gironda Master Series Vol. I
The Zen masters, Hatha Yoga and Judo, teach us that the human race of today has lost all trace of an instinctive wisdom of the body. But I disagree in part. I have observed many top bodybuilders (champions) who still have this instinctive wisdom of the body, drawing its essence from obscure biological memories going... Continue Reading →
Maxick, ‘How to Get the Muscles Under Control’, Muscle Control (1910)
Coax the muscles, do not force them. If undue force be used in an effort to secure quick results, the muscles will toughen, and your object will be defeated. Just pull or press, as the case may be, following the directions as closely as possible, looking all the time for the particular muscle to appear.... Continue Reading →
The Essence of Bodybuilding according to Vince Gironda (Iron Man, May 1983)
Continuing our Vince Gironda interest, today features an article written by the man himself on what separates the men from the champions in Bodybuilding. The answer may just surprise you. I have stated numerous times that champions obviously possess something that others do not. Even though training partners do the same routine set for set, rep... Continue Reading →
The History of the Mind-Muscle Connection
“What puts you over the top? It is the mind that actually creates the body, it is the mind that really makes you work out for four or five hours a day, it is the mind that visualizes what the body ought to look like as the finished product.” Arnold Schwarzenegger The mind-muscle connection? That's... Continue Reading →