{"id":12794,"date":"2024-12-27T00:47:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=12794"},"modified":"2024-12-27T00:47:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:47:56","slug":"frank-zane-shares-why-excessive-bulking-is-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=12794","title":{"rendered":"Frank Zane Shares Why Excessive Bulking Is a Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Three-time Mr Olympia winner Frank Zane built one of the most beloved physique\u2019s in the late 1970s, but in a recent social media post has explained once again why he feels that excessive bulking is ultimately unproductive. Here\u2019s Zane\u2019s advice for replicating his success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBulking up means packing on a lot of body weight in a relatively brief period of time,\u201d explained the man they called \u2018The Chemist\u2019 via a recent Instagram post. \u201cIs this productive or are you wasting your time? My advice based on my own experience is don\u2019t do it,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Zane\u2019s body of work harks back to a time when the Open division physique was more akin to the current Classic Division. He was one of few Open bodybuilders to achieve the type of success that he managed while weighing under 200 pounds, but despite these important points, Zane\u2019s figure is still celebrated due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/training\/zane-way\/d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his granite-like muscles and stunning symmetry<\/a>. It\u2019s why he was able to compete and win against the likes of Mike Mentzer, Robby Robinson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n<p>In recent times, however, the weight of Mr Olympia has continued to increase. The current champ, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samson_Dauda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samson Dauda weighs-in closer to 300 pounds<\/a>. But while throwing down wildly excessive calories is traditionally practiced as a means of adding muscle, Zane suggests taking a different approach.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Frank Zane Thinks Bulking Is Wrong<\/h2>\n<p>Zane feels that the emphasis should be on adding quality muscle over excessive calories that will mostly likely become anything but muscle. \u201cQuality muscle takes time to develop,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt\u2019s better to add not more than 5 pounds of solid muscle a year by training and eating right than to gain 30 or 40 pounds of surplus tissue, much of which is fat and water retention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to building a chiseled physique from quality muscle, few examples shine brighter than that of Frank Zane. \u201cWhen you train down and lose the excess bulk you will most likely find yourself in the same place where you started, often a year later, a year wasted,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Zane\u2019s approach to a less extreme bulking phase also means that the subsequent cut will be less dramatic, and according to resent scientific research, a more stable approach could be of huge benefit to a competing bodybuilder. Cutting too much, too fast can lead to weaknesses in the immune system and depleted energy levels, leading to a \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/features\/feature-news\/study-shows-dropping-weight-close-to-a-competition-is-bad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustained impairment in exercise performance<\/a>.\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more wisdom from Frank Zane follow him on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therealfrankzane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/training\/frank-zane-shares-why-excessive-bulking-is-a-mistake\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time Mr Olympia winner Frank Zane built one of the most beloved physique\u2019s in the late 1970s, but in a recent social media post has explained once again why he feels that excessive bulking is ultimately unproductive. Here\u2019s Zane\u2019s advice for replicating his success. \u201cBulking up means packing on a lot of body weight in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}