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If it’s old school bodybuilding you want, Vince Gironda is the man. Although he already had his life’s fill and entered the pearly gates weeks before turning 80 in 1997, his legacy in bodybuilding stood the test of time. His advocacy for lean muscle definition instead of bulk is his trademark. He clearly is a proponent of developing the muscles to the fullest form that it can be, the natural way. Even so, his workouts and routines were revolutionary, even his equipment, that most bodybuilders and gyms’ training tricks were all of Gironda’s doing. He was known to have experimented on the diet and workout himself and shared to his students the fruits of his sweats. Some took Gironda’s advice as if they were their own, while a loyal respecting few pay homage and quote him. It is hard not to properly refer to Gironda’s tips, tricks and thoughts because most of them were published in Ironman Magazine where he wrote immensely back in the day.
While some of Gironda’s methods and techniques become bodybuilding principles, some remains traditional. Here are four old school bodybuilding tips from the Iron Guru and Master Trainer himself, God bless his soul, if you want to follow old school bodybuilding style to achieve the most effective lean muscular definition.
Old School Tip #1: Bodybuilding is 85% nutrition
If Gironda had it copyrighted as a tagline, Vince’s Gym could still be operational today just for royalty fees. For him,what a bodybuilder eat and consume can determine a successful bodybuilding workout. It is this reason that any beginner or enthusiast will ask about a bodybuilder’s diet, be it natural or supplement. However, a bodybuilder who says that a dozen fertile eggs a day with unpasteurized milk is part of his diet, then you are highly likely talking to someone who uses one of Gironda’s dietary principles: eat whole eggs, not just the whites.
Old School Tip #2: Skip the Sit-ups
Those who still do sit-ups to tone and hone their abdominal muscles probably have not known, heard, or read about Vince Gironda and his outright dissent to performing sit-ups. For him, sit-ups to develop the abs were useless, may pose harm to the spine, lower back and hips, slow down potential gains, thickened the waist, and if done in excess, can harm the central nervous system as well. For Gironda, frog crunches are minimal abdominal workouts targeting the ab muscles.
Old School Tip #3: Cut the Short-Cut
Steroids may be legal during the heyday of Vince’s Gym but the Iron Guru was not about to get hooked to the idea of using them. In fact, he was outspokenly and critically opposed to any performance-enhancing drugs. Gironda believed that the body can be naturally enhanced and defined such that a lean and muscular physique can be attained without any introduction of any synthetically produced hormone. Although there were confessed steroid users known to have trained with Gironda, they didn’t say that he knew nor approved of their steroid use. If this were true, and if Gironda did not tolerate steroids in his gym, it may possibly be the reason why Arnie only briefly trained with him.
Old School Tip #4: Do Short but Fast Intense Training
A fast and intense workout that is about 60 – 80% maximum limit for weights would be a Gironda training method. A lean and natural physique can be achieved even when one does not train to failure. Rest between sets should be shortened as weights are increased is another. This, for the Master Trainer, is for the best possible progressive resistance.
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