I Worked Out Like Steve Reeves For 30 Days, and Here’s What Happened (Mr. America Program)

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[@vinrod34]

I do 15 minutes workouts of bodyweight, yoga and dumbbells. At 56, feel great!! 5'9" 170lbs for 15 years now.

[@Fitand50Formula]

Nice is this 15 minutes everyday?

[@largelester]

@@Fitand50Formula 170 isn't that bad for a 56 year old woman.

[@Ruben901]

The journey of finding workouts that work for you and incorporating new workouts is always exciting

[@Fitand50Formula]

I enjoy trying different workouts Ruben. There are always positive takeaways from every program I have ever done.

[@ChrisGaultHealthyLiving]

Awesome workouts & tips! Keep up the great work!

[@Fitand50Formula]

Thanks man!

[@doribear9599]

Excellent, thank you ! great content !

[@Fitand50Formula]

I appreciate that my friend!

[@davidjones6470]

Excellent upload Lawrence 💯💪💪

[@Fitand50Formula]

Thanks, David, I have to admit I was happy when the month was over.

[@davidjones6470]

I bet sir 😊😉

[@chrisolson3240]

Spending 3 hours back in the day, meant 3 hours of actual work. Today, 3 hours in the Gym means, waiting for the equipment you want to use, wondering around for your turn, surfing social media & texting. Then about 45 minutes of actual work. Nice to see another person working out in bare feet as I do at home. I still have a gym membership for the things I cannot do. Plus it has a pool.

[@Fitand50Formula]

I love training at home everything is right there ready to go I never have to wait.

[@GreyWolfFitness]

Yeah it was something that I read about Steve that I started doing kettlebell swings as my first movement to get the body warmed up but that is one hell of a session Laurence even I’ve gone from whole body to legs push / legs pull alternating these workouts MINT

[@Fitand50Formula]

Craig, here were a lot of good things in Steve’s workout, but the length wasn’t one of them. That’s a good suggestion to split it into a push pull legs. That would shorten the individual sessions down, but I then I’d train 6 days a week.

[@taylenday]

Just a quick correction: Steve did Incline Curls for his Biceps only, but he did 9 sets, not 3. This I took from an interview with him (audio) where he said it himself. That being said, doing 9 sets a muscle group in a full body workout, 3x a week is a crazy workout schedule and in my opinion is overtraining for most naturals.

[@mazesire]

I just need 20 minutes to 30 minutes for my entire training, I do just 3 exercises with only one per muscle group. Less Volume but crazy high intensity is the key for me.

[@NicholasVillalobos-zl5dw]

I am doing my own full body workouts 3x week andcseeing size gains in only 2 weeks but I eat a lot of food, usually 4000 kcal a day. I also cannot do this much volume at 45 yrs old so I like 2 exercises per body part and only one on biceps and triceps. I rest 3 minutes between sets and use only 2 work sets per exercise and take those sets closer to failure. Supersets opposite muscles does save a lot of time in gym. Overhead press 2x6-10 Neutral Pullups 2x6-10 Incline Bench 2x6-10 Dumbbell Row 2x6-10 Squat: 2x5-8 Dumbbell Curls: 2x6-10 Stiff Leg Deadlift: 2x5-8 Tricep Pushdowns: 3x8-12 Rear Delt Rope Face pull: 3x10-15 Low Back Extension: 2x8-12 Incline Situps: 2x6-10

[@r.e.4640]

I've adjusted Steve Reeves full body workout. Instead of starting with deltoids, I start first with Chest, so I don't pre-huast my deltoids with shoulder presses. Next I do lats, then deltoids. Next biceps, then triceps. An off to legs. It's better to do it this way, so you don't fatigue your triceps by doing chest or before then. Or doing biceps after back. You give you muscles rest by changing body parts.

[@Fitand50Formula]

I typically do delts later in my programs for the same reason. Which is why I was surprised my bench numbers held up after doing shoulder first. I wouldn’t recommend doing delts first all the time, but I might start rotating them through to prioritize them for a month or two.

[@justinriley8651]

ya you probably know alot more than Steve about bodybuilding. 😆 🤣 try it the way he told you to do it maybe there was a reason for it.

[@TheGilbalfas]

The upright rows should be a barbell. And you flex the lats thru the movement taking the stress off the traps

[@barisciano]

Agree that Steve Reeves was the most aesthetic BB of all time but his workout was probably not ideal. It worked great for him because he had mind-blowing genetics. Still an interesting concept.

[@fallinginthed33p]

I'm thinking of blown-out joints and ligaments from his high volumes. It might not be the best workout style for older gents.

[@Fitand50Formula]

Another thing Steve had going for him was this was his job so he could take 4 days off a week to rest and relax. This makes a big difference when it comes to recovery.

[@seraphx26]

@@fallinginthed33p What nonsense, Steve was one of the biggest recovery advocates of his time, he spent more time resting and eating than working, but he understood that on the days you work out you have to work out hard that means putting in the time and intensity. Today everyone wants a 15 minute solution, make it easier, make it quicker, make it hurt less, well that is the formula for mediocrity, now if you are too busy to commit to that level of training that's fine, not everyone needs to look like Steve Reeves, but it's like anything in life that you want to excel at, there is a time and effort commitment that cannot be avoided with short cuts or half measures.

[@ClassicPhysique27]

@@seraphx26you said it best. Everyone wants the easy shortcut way

[@NordKristal1kristal]

Love it like💞💯👍👌🤌💪🏋‍♀️

[@ianrowley2323]

Interesting. I have tried this for a few weeks in the past. Yes its hard work and you have to work up to it. Even then regular deloads are probably a good idea. When he trained at Grimek's gym, JG said he trained between 2-4 hours a day. So he obviously adjusted things daily. My source is mainly his other book 'Building the Classic Physique'. He usually dropped the weight for each of the sets, resting only as long as his partner took to do his set or 45s. He often states that you should not overdevelop the traps (or obliques) so a better substitution for delts might be Laterals then Press, then BOL. For his pulley rows he emphasised leaning forward throughout the movement. Most of the time Reeves said he did 8 sets of incline curls, not 3. But in my book, he has 3 exercises - BB curl, pulley curl, while lying on a bench In all his squats he always suggested putting 2-3 inch block under the heels. He started with back squats to parallel using 300lb. Then hacks followed by front squats. He cleaned the weight for these and rested the weight on his palms - so obviously not heavy. My suggestion is to start with one exercise per body part and have one light session per week. Work up to the full routine. Also I think doing it in the morning and having the rest of the day to calm down is better. Doing it in the evening would probably be too stressful to get a good night's sleep. My question is - what were your results like?

[@Fitand50Formula]

Thank you for your perspective. 30 days wasn’t long enough to say much about results. I didn’t get significantly stronger or change much visually.

[@gordon3988]

Again, wasn’t sure who was who on the thumbnail. Interesting idea…a bit too long for me, and I would likely have had similar overtraining issues but am always curious how some of these may work. Always a great video!

[@Fitand50Formula]

Those dang traps of mine are slow to recover especially compared to the rest of the muscle groups.

[@AlKey3]

@@Fitand50Formula biceps are slow to recover for me... 3 hours, you must do this for a living!🤪

[@Fitand50Formula]

@Al Key thank goodness it was only 3 days a week. it filled my evenings

[@davidjones6470]

3 hours !!!! Hard work 😬

[@Jacksonsonsonsonson]

Hello, I'm a great admirer of Steve Reeves from Natural Bodybuilding, I'm from the south of Brazil, Latin America, here there isn't much content in this book directly from the source (Steve's own book) sorry for the English, I'm using a translator, could you please clear up a big question? , in the book is there any part where Steve Reeves states that he trains 3x full body?

[@Fitand50Formula]

Yes in both his books

[@dwaynecunningham2164]

'Tis no joke You gotta train shoulders If you wanna get yoked.

[@Fitand50Formula]

You’ve got that right!!

[@edwhite2255]

Best aesthetics or best genetics?

[@Fitand50Formula]

Great genetics combined with a great training program leads to great aesthetics.

[@TheAyatollahofNofappollah]

Thanks! Now I know that I don't want to train like him.

[@Fitand50Formula]

To long of a workout for sure but some of the ways he did his exercises are worth trying.

[@xuzm]

Why, i always trained for 2-3h. 45min-1h is just nothing.

[@0956y]

Respect

[@xuzm]

Most of the workout plans i found were about 1 excercise per muscle group 3 times a week. But you did 3 excercises per muscle group 3 times a week?

[@Fitand50Formula]

That's right, I got it right out of his book

[@justinriley8651]

you didn't do steve reeves routine you changed almost everything lol. you did your workout

[@Fitand50Formula]

I did have to modify it to work with the equipment I have and to ensure I could complete the program injury free.

[@billsmith5433]

Way too much volume for me

[@marthakerr]

You look great for your age have the body of a 30yr old keep up the good work!!

[@stonewick0073]

I'm following the same workout but i had to split it into upper-lower since it was taking more than 3 hrs for me 😅.. btw great video sir 👍

[@RavageReeves]

He only used this for a pre comp workouts. And probably did it fast, small rests periods and light weight(light for him) so it was more pump and endurance... Usually he would work out a few times a week or do farm work.

[@tonyvee5799]

3 hrs no way

[@stonewick0073]

@@RavageReeves that's y i split it since I'm not preparing for any comp. Lol

[@stonewick0073]

@@tonyvee5799 yup, which one r u following?

[@RavageReeves]

@@stonewick0073 reeves was also eating 6000 to 7000 calories a day on this precomp work out and most of his bodybuilding days. That helped with his 2 to 3 hour workouts 3 times a week. He worked out less and ate alot less when he slimmed down during his movie carer

[@ydmoskow]

Seems like waaaaay to much exercise, particularly for someone over 50, both in regard to number of exercises/sets and weekly frequency. Recovery=growth

[@JamesWilliams-js4fo]

That's a lot of sets isn't it? 3 hours..... I don't think I could workout for that long! How much do you have to eat in order to work out that much? It must be like 5 or 6000 calories a day.

[@Fitand50Formula]

I don't eat that many calories I have between 2600 and 2700 calories a day at a bodyweight of about 162 lbs

[@JamesWilliams-js4fo]

@@Fitand50Formula Hello Fit, & thanks for the quick answer. I always thought that people who lifted like Steve reeves ate much more food and consumed much higher calories.

[@westoncroye643]

@@JamesWilliams-js4fo Lookup Golden Era Bookworm. He has a video showing just how active and how much guys like Steve reeves back then ate to put on size while not gaining a significant amount of fat. Steve would eat probably between 4-6k kcal a day.

[@JamesWilliams-js4fo]

@@westoncroye643 That's a ton of food to eat everyday. Everything is so expensive now I could never afford to eat that much.

[@westoncroye643]

@@JamesWilliams-js4fo well i mean he most likely didn’t eat that much food I would genuinely be surprised if he did. But if you learn how to shop for groceries right, you can save a huge amount of money. Try going out every Sunday and spending a few hours getting everything for the week or month. Go to different stores around you trying to get different deals. Stock up on things like rice, pasta, or other things that don’t go bad easily and try to make things homemade. Also try to get onto a butchers good side and he or she might cut you some sweet deals and learn what to ask for from them. You can still eat healthy just shop smart. But I still don’t blame you , it is getting expensive now.

[@espendahl9719]

Great video.I have trained his Mr America and Mr Universe workouts and it was brutal.I found out that using 2 different exercises per muscles and 2 Full Body Workouts per week was better than 3 execises per muscle and 3 training days.The recovery and gains was better😎😎💪💪

[@Fitand50Formula]

I could see that. The gains come with recovery.

[@fernandomartingay5078]

Simplemente genetica entrenamiento nutriciom natural i una mente extraterrestre. Sin prisas pero sin pausa entrenamienhos. Breves e in tensos i con intervalos de dos a tres dias fe descanso iveras lo ke sucede

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

I have erectile dysfunction how can I improve does overweight become problem for sex life

[@V42817]

I'm going to say he did that workout in his younger days lol. Just the thought of doing all that work in one session is a big no for me.😊

[@RavageReeves]

Its a pre comp work out and he only used it for short periods of time

[@jmgonzales7701]

what was his workout during the 1954 athena movie @@RavageReeves

[@ClassicPhysique27]

@@RavageReeves u dont recommend using it year round but detrain every month or two?

[@AndyL940]

How much weight have you put on so far in your size journey? Great to see someone natural. I’ve had a enough of all the steroid abuse and HRT bullsh#t .

[@Fitand50Formula]

Last year I cut down to between 151 and 152 lbs I was at about 10% body fat. I weighed in this morning at 163.6 lbs. It's not all muscle but I’m still reasonably lean.

[@AndyL940]

@@Fitand50Formulaawesome I hope you mention your progress in a video. There is lots of us 50 somethings that are very interested in what can be achieved naturally 👍

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