.CO.UK Old-school training on tape. What actually worked.
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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.
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.
A 14-second clip calling lengthened partials the secret the 70s guys knew has done 8 million views. We went back to the tapes. Mostly right, slightly wrong.