Franco Columbu: Winning Bodybuilding (1977 VHS, Reviewed)
The Sardinian powerlifter-turned-Mr Olympia put his whole training philosophy on one tape. Watched front to back, it holds up better than half the stuff on YouTube.
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A video-vault review of golden-era workout DVDs, old-school bodybuilding training secrets, and what really worked when iron met VHS. UK edition.
The Sardinian powerlifter-turned-Mr Olympia put his whole training philosophy on one tape. Watched front to back, it holds up better than half the stuff on YouTube.
Full reviews of golden-era workout DVDs and tapes. What was on them, what actually worked, and whether any copy is still worth finding.
1 title → AISLE 02The specific cues, rep schemes, and intensity techniques the golden-era coaches used. What survives scrutiny and what does not.
1 title → AISLE 03Career profiles of 1970s, 80s, and 90s lifters: who they were, what they trained, what they pretended they trained, and what the tape shows.
0 titles → AISLE 04Holding the old-school claims up against modern research. Some hold up. Some were always rubbish. Both are interesting.
0 titles → AISLE 05This week's viral workout reels, trained eye applied. Which ones come from the golden-era playbook, which ones are nonsense.
1 title →A NOTE FROM THE COUNTER
The golden-era tapes had their share of nonsense. But a lot of what the big names did on camera actually worked. We sort the treasure from the tat.
— The Vault Desk