Ep.26 - Frank Zane : Bodybuilding that beat Arnold Schwarzenegger

Three-time Mr Olympia, Frank Zane, is not only known as the bodybuilding champion to beat Arnold Schwarzenegger, but many believe him to have had the best-looking physique ever. Today, he’s passing on his tips for physical perfection and a lot more to benefit others in every way.

Watch the full episode on YouTube – https://youtu.be/QLMJqQQZTNA

Frank started out as a bit of a scrapper by circumstance, finishing fights for his younger brother before his bodybuilding journey began and the sight of his physique, even at an early age, warded off trouble.

Having won Mr Olympia in 1977, 1978, and 1979, his focus was not on getting huge as we know bodybuilding today, but to concentrate on symmetry and proportion. It’s this meticulous attention to detail and determined focus that has dominated his continuous life of achievement and brought success time after time, both physically and in business.

Since his competition accomplishments, he’s studied psychology in the ’90s and got a master’s degree to coincide with a fascination of meditation mantras and the importance of clearing one’s mind. 

In his spare time, Frank enjoys endless opportunities for education and personal growth, studying spiritual approaches as well as continuing to pioneer fitness. If that’s not enough, he also enjoys playing up to 20 instruments during each day.

From training origins to his passion for teaching, Frank is not only one of the biggest names in bodybuilding, he’s an incredible source of knowledge for personal growth and enlightenment, too.

Frank puts a lot of his success down to a simple comment given to him by weightlifting legend and entrepreneur, Bob Hoffman, who said: “Young man, if I had a physique like yours, I’d be walking around with my shirt off all the time.” It was this that created much of Frank’s motivation for life.

Frank is one of the greatest sources of knowledge when it comes to the business of bodybuilding because he’s lived it for decades. In this episode of Escape Your Limits, he explains how he’s learned a lot over the years, including how to apply his methodologies and lessons to the work of others, transferring his passion from self-improvement to bettering the lives of others.

Today, Frank spends his time helping others, keeping in both mental and physical shape, and writing – whether that be music or contributing to his new book, a volume of everything he’s done. The 400+ pages of the Zane Bodybuilding Manual are a background to Frank’s career, spanning from his early days of training at 14 years old right up to now, with all the lessons he’s learned. The book is available from frankzane.com

 

Episode Highlights: 

• How to decide what area of business to concentrate on at any one time and how this changes over your career and life. With Frank, this was which body part to concentrate on and what goals to pursue.
• Learn all about injuries when lifting: how you get them, how to avoid them and how to treat them.
• How you can overcome damaging comments from others to succeed and avoid the self-fulfilling prophecy of negativity.
• Ways that you can cope when you get to the point that it’s not about you any more to see the bigger picture, whether in business or bodybuilding.

 

Join Matthew Januszek in conversation with physique legend, Frank Zane….

 

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