A Spencer Churchill workout, via davidgentle.co.uk:
A typical Spencer Churchill routine, training just three sessions a week;
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Squats: His old trainer Don Dorans always believed in doing squats early on in the routine, so you don’t make excuses, or run out of energy. Sets of 10 with 300 lbs. *
Calf Raises: donkey raise style. *
Bench Presses: 3 x 10 followed by *
Swingbell Pullovers: 3 x 20 *
Incline Bench Presses; for pecs and deltoids 4 x 8 *
Seated Dumbbell Presses: 3 x 10 *
Chins: behind neck 3 sets *
Bent Over Rows; barbell 3 – 5 sets, 8 – 10 reps *
Pulldowns: on lat machine 3 x 12 *
Standing laterals: for delts 4 x 8 *
Upright rowing 3 x 10 *
Incline Dumbbell Curls: 4 x 10 *
Seated Triceps Stretches: 4 x 8 to 10 reps *
Sit Ups: on incline bench with high reps.
On all exercise Spencer used heavy weights, i.e. benches up to 300 lbs, dumbbell exercises with 100 lbs dumbbells etc.
A good high intensity routine for a free drug bodybuilder of the golden age. Taking this routine with heavy poundages three days a week would have been very hard. Note the difference with a power routine from the 5X5 system. Perhaps I must renamed it as a "mixed routine for mass and shape". A pure bodybuilding routine. High intensity, but not the shame that a pure high definition program. Reg told that were the several sets of 20 reps what give them the shape needed for a contest in the ancient times.
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