1994 VHS • Basic Bodybuilding Techniques 60 FPS

About

Basic Bodybuilding Techniques is a bodybuilding instruction video running approximately 41 minutes and produced as part of the Weider System series. The primary host is Bob Paris, with additional commentary from multiple competitive bodybuilders. The tape opens with a disclaimer noting that not all champions featured in the opening credits appear on every tape in the set.

Paris opens by framing bodybuilding as a sport requiring sport-specific training, arguing that the modern bodybuilding workout was developed through decades of trial and error to address the body's neuromuscular programming. He introduces the Weider Split System as the program's central organizing principle, describing how dividing the body across training days allows sufficient intensity per muscle group. Example split routines covered include three-days-on, one-day-off configurations and four-day splits, with specific muscle group pairings given for each day. The double split system, in which two shorter sessions replace one longer one, is also explained. Athletes contribute personal accounts of their split progressions, including one who describes training twice a day for three weeks before his first national contest, Mr. Britain, after completing a business administration degree.

The tape addresses overtraining, the importance of rest days, and the distinction between training for mass using multi-joint free weight movements versus isolation work. A speaker who won Mr. Universe and Mr. America while managing Type 1 diabetes at 5'4" and 114 pounds at the start of his career speaks on motivation in the closing segment.

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Credit

The Vista Group®

Language

English

Subtitles

English

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