59-Year-Old Bodybuilding Veteran Proves ‘Age Is Just a Number’ Pulls Off an Intense Workout

59-year-old bodybuilder Rich Gaspari earned a name for his dragon-slaying physique in the 1980s and 90s. Ever since his retirement in 1996, Gaspari has actively devoted himself to discovering effective workout sessions. Recently, the three-time Mr.Olympia runner-up shared a great way to exercise his trap. Gaspari shared a video of him exercising his trapezius on Instagram. 

Rich Gaspari earned second place in Mr.Olympia in  1986, 1987, and 1988 and was the first athlete to exhibit striations on the gluteal muscles. Currently, he’s a sports commentator and takes keen attention to drawing comparisons between old and modern bodybuilders. Nevertheless, he keeps sharing unconventional fitness advice with his followers. Let’s take a look at his latest workout tip. 

Rich Gaspari’s way to hit traps really deep

Trapezius or traps are muscles located at the neck base, covering across the shoulders, and extending to the middle of the back. Usually, dumbbells or barbell shrugs are considered a prominent way to exercise the trap muscles. However, in his recent video on Instagram, Gaspari used a cage bar to exercise his trapezius. The retired bodybuilder pushed his limits by performing the workout with three plates on each side of the cage bar.

He also added a caption with the video stating, “Always loved shrugs to hit my traps. Here I’m using a cage bar to hit my traps directly and doing a drop set three time to really hit them deep. Give it a try!” This was enough for his fans to lead their way to the comments section as it made sens. Many approved the idea commenting, 

“Yea it certainly hits the mark using the cage bar.”

“Keep impressing them Rich. Show them why and how you became a champion”

“What an awesome movement! Really hits those traps!!”

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Indeed, Gaspari’s passion for working out at 59 is quite commendable. In another video from a few days back, he performed an unbelievable leg workout without having any knee issues. 

Rich Gaspari’s leg workout session

After a certain age, it becomes crucial to prevent the body from pushing too hard. However, that does not mean that one can do nothing at all. In one of his latest videos on Instagram, 59-year-old Rich Gaspari rocked a leg workout. However, he ensured how to not hit any knee issues while performing it. 

He worked out on a front squat machine performing 20 parallel reps. With seven plates on each side, Gaspari impressed his followers. After the workout, he gave a sound advice, “Doing the work contracting at the top and feeling each rep.”

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Isn’t Gaspari’s will to work out inspiring?