Love Arnold or hate him, he was one of the only bodybuilders who helped make the sport mainstream and popular. Before him, it was Jack Lalanne who made fitness popular, but it was Arnold who took it to the next level. Even more people got into it because they all wanted to be like Arnold.

Read this great article, on how we can learn from Arnold, here.

I know many would accuse Arnold of using steroids, but he already admitted to it. He took steroids back in his younger years when they used to be legal in his home country of Austria, where he grew up. Of course, Arnold is one of my inspirations of getting into bodybuilding

I don’t know if I’ll ever look like he did back in the old days. I’m not doing this to compete. I just want to be in decent shape and have some muscle on me. That article is good advice to get bigger gains. Visualization, the pump, and lifting heavier.

Thanks to one of my facebook followers who pointed me out this article. I don’t do bodybuilding to impress other people or to be a show off. I just want to be healthy, be stronger and tougher. I want to look better being half naked out in public. I also want to protect myself for self defense. All sorts of reasons why I got into bodybuilding. Arnold and Sly are my two biggest inspirations for me wanting to get into it. I do hope to look like those guys someday. I’ll just keep it up and see how it goes.

Kev