Much love. Reg Park was and will be remembered as a great Champion and pioneer of bodybuilding. When I heard Reg had skin cancer, I called and spoke to him and his wife Marion. I will always miss and love Reg, as will the worldwide bodybuilding community and anyone who was lucky enough to know him. Tricep extension on lat machine 5×8 Lying D.B. But this isn’t Bill Starr’s 5×5, this is Reg Park’s 5×5 and it’s a little different. Two magnificent photos of Reg Park hang on the wall in my study, one with a handwritten inscription that I treasure. Dan Lurie WBBG founder and bodybuilding pioneer. For example, say your bench press is a max of 225lbs for 5 reps (which is about 90% of 1RM), the first set would be at 60% - 135 lbs, then the next warmup set could be 80% - 185lbs. From that point on there would be little room for failure, as Reg would win both the 1958 and 1965 NABBA Pro Universe titles. With love from Reg. It was fixed indeliably in my mind. So impressed with Reg was Joe that the Englishman was regularly featured in the "Master Blaster's" magazines and given the publicity necessary to make a major impact on the international bodybuilding scene. In fact his single biggest impact on bodybuilding may have been through Arnold Schwarzenegger to whom he was a mentor and a source of great inspiration to Arnold. Dumbell press – together 5×8 At six foot one and between 220 and 250 pounds, Reg was one of the first "big" bodybuilders and his massive size, and acting talent, was not lost on action film producers who signed him to appear in several films from 1963 through 1965, four of these being the Hercules movies for which his powerful physique was perfectly suited. Barbell Row – 5×8 Arnold Schwarzenegger, https://www.regpark.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/reg_arni2.jpg, http://regpark.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/reg1.png. Reg Park was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s idol and mentor. Deltoids as per Wednesday followed by Triceps as per Wednesday. He trained three nights a week and Sunday morning and his training was something like this, Incline D.B Press – 5 sets of 5 reps He is a man of focus, activeness, and readiness, and also his determination of spirit not only worked for the Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger alone, but also for me whenever I am discouraged by the situation around me. Pete Ciccone National level bodybuilder Master personal trainer. No, along with physical development the enduring champion must have something else, further qualities that stick in one's memory and mark this competitor as being revolutionary, a trendsetter among trendsetters. Decline triceps extension 5×8 So for that, all of us who bodybuild and/or are fans, should be grateful to Reg for impacting the man who would help carry bodybuilding to new heights and new audiences, thus opening doors so we may to live our passion of bodybuilding. A man who notices such details and tells others about his lovely wife, this is a sensitive man, he is not the ordinary Joe Blow. 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. This could involve up to 30 sets on each body part. I know when I started in bodybuilding, it was an odd thing in the mid 1970's, and people would often make fun of me or say things that we degrading. The next year, Park was runner-up to Steve Reeves in the 1950 NABBA Amateur Mr. Universe in London (also a close contest). Arnold Schwarzenegger competed against and defeated his idol Reg Park. I saw what a loving, doting father he was to Jon-Jon and Jeunesse. Mr. Park has not only inspired me throughout my years of training and competition, but also many great athletes both past and present in our fine sport. It is not beyond the realm of possibilities that the article was ghost written as some are attributed to Arnold in that fashion to this very day. But Reg Park impressed me the most because he was not only a bodybuilding great, but in my mind he was also one of the early pre-power lifting greats as he handled massive poundage's (for that time) in both the squat and bench press. I will never forget those 1,000-pound calve raises he made me do first thing in the morning. To inspire me to do even more. As a kid he always wanted to eat Nathan's Hot Dogs. He continued to train and remain in marvelous shape well into his later years, and although he has been stricken recently with health problems, he continues to be a model of rugged mass for bodybuilders, and class and integrity as a person. Thank you to the many, many people from all over the world who sent me their prayers and praises during my recent illness.

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