CLASSICALLY
TRAINED&
PROPERLY
FUELED
SIGNING A NEW SUPPLEMENT CONTRACT, PLAYING FRANK ZANE
ON THE BIG SCREEN, PREPPING FOR THE DEBUT OF CLASSIC
PHYSIQUE AT THE ARNOLD—ARASH RAHBAR HAS A LOT
GOING ON THESE DAYS. HERE’S A SNAPSHOT OF THE
WORKOUTS, DIET, AND SUPPLEMENT ROUTINE THAT HE
SAYS WILL MAKE 2018 HIS BEST YEAR YET.
BY JOE WUEBBEN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRIS NICOLLS
Arash Rahbar, one of the true superstars
of the IFBB Pro League’s classic physique
division, has put 2017 in his rearview. Not
that it was a bad year—for just about any
professional physique athlete, a fourth-
place Olympia finish would be an undeniable
success—but it wasn’t nearly as fruitful
onstage as he believes it could have been.
“I feel I’m head and shoulders better this
year than last year,” says Rahbar, speaking to
FLEX in late October, roughly six weeks after
the 2017 Olympia. If you’ll recall, he finished
two places higher at the O in 2016, placing
runner-up to Danny Hester. “I improved a lot
as a bodybuilder. I brought up some weak
points, and I think I grew and developed
considerably from 2016. That being said,
I feel I had the tools to do better in ’17 than
I did in ’16, but I just didn’t nail it on Friday.
As everyone knows, bodybuilding is an art
and a science. I can look back now and see
the mistakes that were made during the week
leading into the show, but at the time my
coach and I didn’t realize it. I was flat and
depleted. I didn’t come to life Friday morning
for the competition. That’s it. In the days
after, I just got better and better. It’s a classic
‘didn’t nail it on the day of the show’ type of
deal. But you live and you learn, and I won’t
make those mistakes again.”
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