Long ago and
with only
simple tools
and food,
Reeves
constructed
history’s most
perfect body.
relatively low and correctly
avoided table sugar and
white floor.
As a consequence of his
diet, he was both smoother
and leaner than today’s
bodybuilders. Though he
never attained the peeled
conditioning of modern
champs, he also never
bulked up and chased ever
larger numbers on the
scales like too many modern
champs. Allow yourself to
get too soft and you’ll
reverse engineer what
should be a work of
sculpture into a big block.
This can potentially stretch
out your abdominal wall,
and it will abet your ability to
remain focused on
improving your silhouette,
shape, and proportions—like
Steve Reeves, so long ago.
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FLEX | JANUARY ’18
IN THE GYM, ON A BEACH,
OR ON A HILL, REEVES
LOVED BUILDING AND
FLEXING HIS BICEPS.