Unleash Your Inner Terminator: Bodybuilding Legend Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Two-Move Workout With No Weights

Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the most influential names in the world of Bodybuilding. The man is fit and fine even at the age of 75 years. He has clearly worked hard and maintained his physique through a rigorous training routine. During his bodybuilding career, which was almost two decades long, Schwarzenegger must have picked up some tips and tricks on the best way to work one’s body. And he seems to have applied them throughout, even during his Hollywood career.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, and some of his peers, made the classic physique famous during their bodybuilding days. Their goal was to have defined muscles without being too bulky. A big part of that was to properly train leg muscles. Hence, Schwarzenegger developed some exercises and he still recommends them to his fans and followers.

Arnold Schwarzenegger challenges his fans with a new workout

Recently, in his newsletter The Pump Daily, Schwarzenegger challenged everyone with a new workout routine he likes to call “The Countdown”. Schwarzenegger included the workout in one of his January newsletters as the workout of the week. Since then, many people have tried it and shared their views. Similarly, Harry Bullmore from Fit and Well tried it, and this is what he had to say, “I was a big fan of how he created a session that can be completed by anyone, with scalable elements to suit all fitness levels.”

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The workout does not require any equipment and can be performed anywhere. But that does not mean it will not make you sweat. Bullmore further added, “Yet, in spite of its stripped-back nature, it was still able to offer a fun challenge that worked my heart, lungs and muscles in one fell swoop… So, if you’re after a quick workout challenge, I definitely recommend taking on The Countdown.”

Schwarzenegger regularly treats his fans with insights from all the years he spent training for a plethora of competitions. Introducing this workout is his attempt to do the same. Keeping in mind that all of his subjects might not be of the same fitness level, Arnold Schwarzenegger went far enough to customize the workout according to the needs of the masses so that everyone could participate.

What is the Countdown?

The Countdown is a workout that majorly focuses on two body-weight exercises, push-ups, and lunges. The idea is to alternate between the two. One needs to start with performing 15 push-ups and then cross over to lunges. After performing 15 lunges, start all over again, however, keep reducing the repetitions by 1 each time. So, if one started with 15, they would do only 14 in the next round, and so on.

These exercises need to be performed without a break and the time needs to be kept score of. However, Schwarzenegger has suggested that only experienced people with 5 or more years of training, may start with 15 reps. Intermediates and beginners should look to start from 10 and 5 reps respectively.

Did you try the new Arnold Schwarzenegger workout challenge yet? How did you do?

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