Articles by Yegor Khzokhlachev

Contemplating his pet gorilla Mickey, Nautilus inventor and high intensity training pioneer, Arthur Jones, came to a profound realization that minimal exercise suffices for the attainment of remarkable strength and muscularity. Jones observed that animals […]

Rachel McLish’s Posing Insights: A Quote from ‘Pumping Iron 2: The Unprecedented Woman’ by Gaines and Butler I really don’t enjoy posing that much. I’d rather give a bodybuilding seminar instead of doing a guest […]

Publisher Robert Kennedy on Serge Nubret, from Hardcore Bodybuilding, published in 1983: Serge Nubret has a unique way of training. At one time he trained very heavily and could curl over 240 pounds and bench […]

Arnold experienced three losses in his bodybuilding career, securing second place each time. At the age of 19, he placed second to 26-year-old Chet Yorton in the 1966 NABBA Mr. Universe in London. In 1968, […]

Lou Ferrigno on his first trip to California in 1976 for a paid guest posing exhibition: As soon as the plane touched down in California, I knew that this was where I wanted to be. […]

In the event that Arnold Schwarzenegger had chosen not to initially retire in 1975, one may muse over the prospective sum of consecutive Mr. Olympia titles he could have garnered prior to his inevitable encounter […]

In 1970, Arnold Schwarzenegger reached the pinnacle of bodybuilding. In just about two weeks, he triumphed in the most prestigious contests held by the top three bodybuilding federations. His foremost victory was securing the NABBA […]

In her 1984 work “Flex Appeal,” Rachel McLish fervently opposed the use of growth-promoting agents by female bodybuilders. She adamantly argued that these substances, due to their masculinizing and dangerous characteristics, should have no place […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sergio Oliva and himself competing in 1969 versus 1970 Sergio beat me in 1969 because he was a little bit bigger than I was and he was more ripped than I was. […]

When analyzing Gunnar Rosbo’s forearm development versus Ramon Dino’s, it’s hard not to take their respective frame sizes into account. Dino’s height is given as 5’11”, and Rosbo’s was 6’2″. But Rosbo looks like a […]

Lou Ferrigno from “Lou Ferrigno’s Guide to Personal Power, Bodybuilding, and Fitness”. I’d just gotten a new bicycle from my grandfather, and several neighborhood toughs had encircled me and were pushing and punching me, trying […]