Training Tricks

The specific cues, rep schemes, and intensity techniques the golden-era coaches used. What survives scrutiny and what does not.

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1980s 17.04.26

Training Tricks 7 min read

The Rest-Pause Trick the Golden-Era Guys Used (and Why It Still Works)

Mike Mentzer got the credit, but half the 1970s bodybuilders were doing a version of rest-pause sets years before his tape went viral. Here is what it actually looks like and why modern research says it earns its keep.

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