Marvin Eder Bio, Gallery and More

[Carl1174]

Originally Posted by 5kgLifter

One of the "theories" that tends to be bandied about on the internet, about shoulder training, is that they are a relatively small muscle group...might be why people have this image concerning their training.

I was going to start another thread about this.

I thinkits more a problem of people isolating each head separately rather than just concentrating on hitting the shoulder as a whole unit. doing 9 sets per exercise for oh pressing for instance would be overkill, plus the fron can get over trained easily. Its normally more a cause of people doing too much benching, then hitting the anteror delt on its own IMO. If more people did OH Press in a way that the medial delts got worked (how it is supposed to be done) and some good upright and bent over rows, they would soon see, as i have recently, that there isnt that much reason to isolate each head.

Compound>Isolation on every other body part, so 9 sets of isolation to 'hit' all the heads or 9 sets of compound exercises that all the heads... i know which i would choose

Carl.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by 5kgLifter

One of the "theories" that tends to be bandied about on the internet, about shoulder training, is that they are a relatively small muscle group...might be why people have this image concerning their training.

I was going to start another thread about this.

It's a very good topic.

Quite frankly I believe the shoulders, along with the lower back, are the 2 areas of the body you should focus on the most if you want to be training into your 50's and beyond.

While I don't advocate an over-abundance of shoulder work, I do like to see a more appropriate balance and fewer isolation lifts.

[Carl1174]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Just Awesome

Carl.

[Tannhauser]

Thanks for putting together the interviews and photos of Eder; I enjoyed reading them. I've always regarded him as the zenith of physical achievement - the ideal combination of strength and physique. Sounds like a bright guy in the interviews, too.

[BendtheBar]

We were children of the Depression. We grew up with starvation not far behind us. We had bathtubs in kitchens, toilets in hallways, but we came to do great things in our lives.

Marvin Eder