Doug Hepburn was one of the famous old-school lifters of the golden age, a guy who was knocking out some spectacular feats back in the 1950s and 60s. We’re talking about a guy that was putting 370 lbs over his head, with strict form, for triples, and 400 lbs for singles; strict-curling 225 lbs; and squatting 600 lbs. Doug was benching over 500 lbs in days before bench shirts.

Yeah yeah, genetics blah blah anything works for them blah blah. You may not reach those weights without Doug’s genetics, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn some lessons from what he recommended. The same goes for any big, strong lifters. So I want to look at his programs, which are quite interesting because they aren’t quite the same old things you see every day. These setups rely on a lot of very low-rep sets, in the same vein as Anthony Ditillo or Steve Justa; stuff you just don’t see a whole lot of these days what with all the ‘bodybuilding’ floating around.

Tuesday/Friday

Squat Bent Row Deadlift