The very first body building contest to be held in American soils was a spectacular event and very significant to modern day body building. This innocuous occasion was at the spectacular Madison Square Garden in New York on January 16, 1904. During the colorful pioneering event, it was the renown body building legacy, Al Treloar, who ended up winning the thousand dollar cash prize up for grabs. The esteemed panel of judges unanimously declared him the most muscled man in the entire world. A film by Thomas Edison was to be launched fourteen days later chronicling Treloar’s winning style and pose. The film was itself a significant expression and record of American body building. Edison had actually already created successfully produced two long films that featured Eugene Sandow as the distinguished father of body building. It was the American Edison, who ...

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Q:  My buddy said that Cormier used to rely on high rep training more than any other kind. I think I heard it’s like 20 reps or something per set. Was that a coming back from an injury kind of workout, or was it just regular? A:  High rep training isn’t a concept from Mars these days – it’s actually more than norm with the average with upper level bodybuilders.  Guys like Cormier, Wheeler and Ray who had a big heyday in the 90s would often do 5 or 6 sets of 30 reps using 315 on the squat bar or 50 reps on a moderately loaded leg press.  Cormier has gotten his physique looking stellar in the past few years in just that way. Mass is something you can get from high reps, despite the old myths. And believe it or not, mass ...

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