He would take all 8 sets to failure and get 12 reps on every set. Say he was doing the bench press with 175 pounds, a weight he could easily handle for 24 or more reps, for 8 sets of 12 reps with a 30-second rest. Given that he used light weights, Nubret had a unique definition of training to failure. He swore pump training was more effective at progressively increasing the weights used during workouts than any other technique. As he told in an interview, he could bench press 495 with an extremely wide grip, despite training with only 155-195 pounds on the flat bench press and the equivalent for all other exercises. Once every few months he would test his max just to see where it was at, though, and there was no doubt he was strong. He never trained regularly with heavy weights, preferring to perform sets of 12-15 reps using a weight he could handle for around 20-24 reps. To get really strong, you have to train with heavy weights, right? Nubret disagreed.
He would perform 6-10 sets on most movements, resting only 30 seconds between sets for most muscles, and a paltry 1 minute for quads. In any given workout, Nubret would crank out at least 16 sets for most muscle groups, and occasionally up to 40 sets. His training prioritized short rest periods and high volume to maximize the pump. Nubret's revolutionary program is based on achieving the maximum possible pump, which he believed is the single most important factor by far in achieving muscle growth and maximizing leanness. He also took to the internet in his late 60s, posting videos on a short-lived YouTube channel and frequenting the forum in a legendary thread titled " Serge Nubret is Up in Here," and converted scores of young trainees to his way of training. While he lifted alone as a rule, he also trained hundreds of bodybuilders in gyms in France, who swore by his techniques.
Nubret also defied scientific research, broke all established training conventions, never read a training book, ignored what his competitors were doing, scoffed at was written about him in muscle magazines, and created his own revolutionary training system and diet. During a time when his physique would have provided serious competition to Arnold, Frank Zane, and anyone else in the world, he headed the NABBA where he and Oliva would trade victories into the 1980s in relative obscurity, away from the limelight of the Weiders' IFBB Olympia. He refused to sign a contract with the Weiders. He rebelled against the Weider Empire that controlled every aspect of the sport, and because of that, he would never be crowned Mr. At age 70, he ridiculously still sported muscular 20-inch arms and that trademark airtight chest development.īut Nubret was more than a statuesque physique, he was also a rebel, a trailblazer, and an enigma, unconventional in every way possible.
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