Since our first days in the weight room, we’ve no doubt been indoctrinated to train in a method that splits the entire body up into a group of 4 or 5 days. Chest and back are given their own training sessions, as are legs and shoulders. Often, arms will have their own day or they will be split up, biceps falling on back day and triceps being placed with chest. If you look around your gym, there is a good chance you’ll see plenty of people training in exactly this manner. They arrive in the gym, train one body part, and call it a day. It’s a tried and true method for bodybuilding training that has been the norm for a long time. Then there is another school of thought employed by a very small group ...

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Decades ago, bodybuilders didn’t use the bench press as a chest movement. They used it as THE chest movement. Men such as Surge Nubret would complete up to 20 straight sets of bench press in a single workout. Instead of Monday being chest day, it would be considered Bench day. Obviously, today we know enough about human kinesiology to realize that a wide variety of movements is required to develop a thick and complete chest. However, when you look back at photos of bodybuilders from the 60s and 70s, you might notice something – their chests were as good as, or better, than the chests we see on many bodybuilders today! They used a limited variety of movements, but they were able to develop thick chests with that incredible upper shelf that rivals those we ...

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