Roy reg park 7 june 1928 22 november 2007 was an english bodybuilder, businessman. Unknown at age 15 arnold glanced in a store room window and saw what was a cover of a magazine depicting the new hercules movie starring none other than reg park. Upon learning that cohen lifted weights at his friends house, reg park joined in with curiosity. Like park, arnold trained at this routine 3 times a week and it comprised mainly of heavy compound movements done with the 5x5 protocol. After a second full year of training, reg park broke what had been an american monopoly on bodybuilding titles by winning the 1951 national amateur bodybuilders association nabba amateur mr. Author of the ripped book series and past40 usa bodybuilding champion. Up to that time i had read a lot about reg park in the various magazines of the 50s and 60s. Train like reg park and arnold schwarzenegger strength. Dont read training books and magazines all day and analyze your workouts. As i remember the great reg park, i think of the time i saw him guest pose. The reg park mr universe course training secrets revealed.
Many believe reg park deserves legendary status for his. I met with reg park in 1987 during the amateur world bodybuilding. Reg park the legend an athlete from the start, he dedicated his teenage years excelling in soccer. Reg park raised and trained jon jon in south africa. Around the globe, people remember the legend, reg park, today, his birthday, by. Secrets of strength enhanced edition liederman collection book 1. The cultish world of bodybuilding has produced only one star, yet it might not have had arnold schwarzenegger had he never laid eyes on reg park, who has died aged 79.
He had no interest in bodybuilding until, at age 16, park met a muscleman named david cohen. Reg park, the guy who inspired arnold, knew how to build strength and symmetry. Around the globe, people remember the legend, reg park, today, his birthday, by doing legendary workouts. Reg park on the cover of muscle training illustrated. In the late 1960s i saw a magazine advertising the reg park barbell company in leeds, england. Reg didnt separate strength training from bodybuilding. The complete course, including two books and six large wall posters. A few weeks later i received a catalog for books, courses and equipment.
Reg park s success in bodybuilding park s effort in the gym would eventually lead him to competing in the mr. Obviously reg was way before my time but historically speaking he contributed. After this showing, he traveled to the united states for six months where he met and worked briefly with joe weider. Like all natural bodybuilders of the presteroid era, reg park advocated. In this video i reveal yet another mass routine employed by reg park for developing strength and mass, and it is not the 5 x 5. Reg park was probably the originator of the 5 x 5 routine. Reg park s beginners routine below was the exact one used by arnold in his late teens to get jacked. If the answer is yes, then try this basic bodybuilding routine, the exact routine reg park and arnold used. The reg park way to serious size and strength t nation. Whether youre drinking your morning coffee, evening tea, or something in between this mugs for you. The secret barbell and dumbbell training methods that world famous bodybuilder, reg park, used to win the prestigious nabba mr. To purchase old school bodybuilding courses and books visit. A book that every strength trainer should have in his library is park s course now sold by hinbern.
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