Your goal is simple: get freaking huge! But before you step in the gym and get after it, you need to arm yourself with the right routines. That’s where we come in. We’ve compiled workouts from some of the greatest bodybuilders to ever cinch up a weightlifting belt and answer the challenge of the iron. So put your game face on, turn up the volume on your favorite training tunes, and make 2017 your year for packing on wall-to-wall muscle.
ARMS: KEVIN LEVRONE
During the mid-to-late ’90s, Kevin Levrone was one of the sport’s first true hybrids. The Maryland Muscle Machine combined the tiny joints and details of the “shape guys” along with the imposing size of the “mass monsters.” Levrone used those qualities to win 20 contests during his 12-year career, including two Arnold Classics. He fi nished runner-up at the Olympia four times, including his debut in 1992.
If there were a hall of fame for legendary body parts, more than a few of Levrone’s head-turning muscles would be assured a spot. His arms rank as some of the best the sport has ever seen. Though his biceps didn’t peak like Arnold’s and Ronnie’s, their fullness from deltoid to elbow rivals that of the very first Mr. Olympia, Larry Scott (and current Mr. O Phil Heath). His triceps, with ludicrous lateral heads, hung like Christmas hams from his shoulders. From shoulder to elbow, there was scarcely an inch of daylight in Levrone’s upper limbs and they were just as impressive hanging relaxed as they were when fully flexed.
