or long, bodybuilding has been considered a male-dominated sport, giving birth to the misconception that men and women should follow different approaches to fitness and training. However, this cannot be far from true. Bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger recently addressed this issue and revealed the reality behind this myth.

In his daily newsletter, Arnold’s Pump Club, Schwarzenegger talks extensively about training and diet-related topics. The recent edition of his newsletter featured some frequently asked questions that the fans had. In response to one of the questions related to training, Schwarzenegger educated his readers about reality.

Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals the principle on which training routine shall be designed

The most important pillars of muscle hypertrophy include resistance training, progressive overload, and good nutrition. Despite the fact that men and women have certain differences when it comes to physiological aspects such as muscle mass and hormone levels, these differences do not warrant drastically different training methods. Talking along the same lines, Schwarzenegger wrote in his newsletter, “Anyone who talks to women about “toning” or spot reduction is talking BS. That is made up.”

Continuing further, Schwarzenegger stated, “I believe instead of telling men and women to train differently, we should tell everybody to train for a goal.” He also added to this, “These Instagram people need to stop scaring women away with their fake toning messages.”

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The dogma of Schwarzenegger’s message was that training routines should be based on individual goals rather than gender. Arnold has talked about this a lot of times previously as well. A while ago, he revealed what exactly happens to women who do weight training in his daily newsletter.

Schwarzenegger addresses the age-old question

One of the biggest fears that most women have is that weight training will make them muscular. For this very reason, they often resort to extensive cardio and almost no weight training. While weight training can help enhance the rate of fat loss, Schwarzenegger pointed out the fact that muscle hypertrophy does not happen overnight.

“When people said, “I don’t want to look like you,” I thought, “Are you nu*s? It took me 4-5 hours a day, 6 days a week to look like this.” Building muscle is very gradual. You are not going to wake up one day looking like a bodybuilder,” Schwarzenegger added.

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