03/07/2025
๐๏ธ FUNDAMENTOS DEL MรTODO WEIDER PARA PRINCIPITES
(Version adapted with wisdom from the old school)
1. ๐งฑ Focus in the perfect shape before the total volume
The Weider method is based on multiple series (3 to 5 per exercise) and several exercises per muscle group.
But technology is everything.
"The muscle doesn't know how much you lift, but how you feel it."
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Advice:
Don't start copying Arnold's routine.
Start with 3 exercises per group, 3โ4 series each. Control the movement. Feel the muscle.
2. ๐ Frequency: each muscle group 2 times a week
The pro of the 70s trained up to 6 days in a row. Pero vos no tenรฉs su genรฉtica, ni quรญmica.
As a beginner, do it 4 to 5 times a week, dividing the body into parts.
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Classic example:
Day 1: Pecho y triceps
Day 2: Back and biceps
Day 3: Legs and shoulders
Day 4: Repeat the cycle, or active rest.
3. ๐ง Mental control: the mind over the muscle
Weider said: "The mind-muscle connection is the secret of the superior physical form."
Each repetition must have conscious intention.
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Advice:
Train with control, visualizing the muscle contracting and expanding. Don't lift by ego. Lift to sculpt.
4. โฑ๏ธ Tiempo bajo tensiรณn: clave oculta
Weider didn't speak so much of TUT (as Mentzer), but in practice they used it.
Slow, well-controlled repetitions, without rebounds.
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Advice:
2 seconds up - 1 pause - 3 seconds down.
Hacรฉ que el mรบsculo trabaje todo el rango. That's worth more than 5 series a los tumbos.
5. ๐ฉธ The pump as a signal, not as a goal
The method seeks maximum congestion (pump), but not as a momentary aesthetic purpose, but as a metabolic stimulus.
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Advice:
No persigas solo el pump.
I chased the feeling that the muscle was challenged with technique, tension and sustained volume.
6. ๐ค Rest and recovery: the other half of the method
Weider believed in constant training, but they slept like beasts and ate even more.
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Advice:
I slept at least 7โ8 hours.
High proteins, controlled carbohydrates, essential fats.
Basic supplementation: creatine, omega 3, quality protein.
7. ๐ก Logical progression
No increases volume without purpose.
Increase reps, weight or control every week. Not everything at the same time.
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Advice:
Keep a booklet or app.
The record + daily feedback is what you are going to transform, not the "perfect routine".
๐ Closure philosophical (Weider Style):
โThe bodybuilding is not lifting weights.
โ Joe Weider