“Don’t Become Obsessed”: God of Aesthetics, Frank Zane Shares His Wisdom Regarding the Optimal Way to Approach Muscle Hypertrophy

Frank Zane is a 3-time Mr Olympia veteran with a lot of wisdom since he has also been a teacher of science before starting his career in sports. Also known as the Scientist, he still gives valuable knowledge and wisdom on the sport of bodybuilding. At 81 he is still active in the bodybuilding sphere teaching the young generation how to have the perfect body without believing the wrong knowledge.

In a recent post, he advised on being patient with oneself and the fact that muscles take time to grow just like every other thing. Let’s see his advice in detail.

Frank Zane on muscle-building

Frank Zane posted a picture of his old photographs taken when he was in the prime of his career. All the pictures showed his incredible physique and flawless muscle striations. He gained the Greek God body with perfect precision and trial and error with his experimental methods of exercising. He captioned the post saying, “If you are concerned about how you look, then don’t become obsessed with gaining weight quickly.”

He also added, “Quality muscle takes time to develop and can’t be fairly judged by what a scale reads. It’s all about how you look and to learn this and improve you need to take photos.” He has always stressed the fact that photographs and seeing one’s progress through regular photos are more important than measuring oneself on the scale and seeing the weight. Only the visual evaluation can truly speak volumes about the changes that the bodybuilder is going through in the process.

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Even Mike O’Hearn has agreed to his idol’s perspective and abides by it. He advised his fans on the same as well. He discussed the reflections of the 81-year-old veteran bodybuilding pro and said that photos are better than mirror reflections.

Frank Zane and Mike O Hearn implore you to take photos of the bodybuilding world

During a previous conversation, O’Hearn asked Zane about the difference between mirror reflection and photographs. Zane said, “Yeah it’s Distortion you think about when you look in the mirror first you see your friend that’s the first Distortion you add to it you put stuff in there that’s not there and then it bounces back and comes back to that’s another Distortion.”

What he meant by that is that photos are more accurate and do not distort the structure. If the lighting and photography are perfect then the photos are more reliable than mirrors. The former Mr Universe agreed with his bodybuilding icon.

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