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Recovery was an alien concept to me. My training
consisted of three, non-consecutive days a week for
about 45-minutes each. Each set terminated only
because I could not perform another repetition in good
form (momentary muscular failure). Gains in muscular
size and strength were beyond my wildest expectations.
Before one of my workouts, a guy approached me with
an unusual offer. He owned and operated a local Nautilus
Fitness Center and would give me a free membership.
One stipulation: I had to complete in the Mr. Kentucky
Contest, in three months. My counter offer was that my
Training Intensity Vs. Training current training partner had to be included in the deal.
Our workouts were not pleasant. I discovered the role
Volume of Lactic Acid in muscular development.
submitted by Jim LaFountain, All American Fitness Center Lactic Acid is the body’s protective mechanism to
In the 1940’s, Dr. Thomas L. Delorme designed a avoid muscular injury, but also a goal while reaching
progressive resistance training protocol that claimed momentary muscular failure. My workouts were no
to increase muscle hypertrophy (muscle mass). By longer 45-minutes, but reduced to 30-minutes! I could
performing three sets of ten repetitions, a trainee would not imagine undergoing any more discomfort, much Jerry Seinfeld, Live at The
gain lean muscle tissue. The first set was done at 50% less subjecting myself to any more than three, non-
of one’s 10 repetition maximum, the second set done consecutive days a week. The biggest surprise was, I Stanley Theatre, Friday,
at 75% of one’s 10 repetition maximum and the final placed 2nd in the 1979 Mr. Kentucky Contest! When February 27, 2026, at 7:00 PM
set at 100% of a trainees 10 repetition maximum. As asked about my training program by local media, Tickets, starting at $55, are available for purchase at
A high school athlete, I followed Dr. Delorme’s system they didn’t believe I worked out so little. In fact, one
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4000, and online at TheStanley.org.
Casey Viator, at the age of 19, won the 1971 AAU one of my workouts.
Mr. America and claimed he used Nautilus Equipment Many still use the Delorme method of training,
exclusively, performing one set per exercise, to achieving minimal results. Endless sets of numerous
“momentary muscular failure.” In 1972, the Miami repetitions may serve to feed one’s ego, but noticeable
Dolphins announced they would be using Nautilus results are achieved when muscles are brought to
Equipment exclusively, in preparation for their momentary muscular failure and given 48-hours
upcoming season. I began researching Nautilus and to recover. At 71 years of age, I combat “age related”
it’s revolutionary “variable resistance” cams. Although muscular weakness and atrophy with one set per
the Dolphins finished the season undefeated and Super exercise, taken to momentary muscular failure. One
Bowl Champions, I was still not sold on their “variable major benefit of this type of training, it’s brief and not
resistance” philosophy. gobbling up a major part of my day. I reason, temporary
I could not believe only one set would produce discomfort, although not pleasant is the most effective
results. During my time studying Exercise Science method for gaining muscular mass. As an older adult, I
in undergraduate and graduate school, I discovered know from first hand experience, it’s also the best way
there may be better, more effective methods to achieve to squelch the loss of aging muscles.
muscular size and strength. I still, however, continued
to perform multiple sets per exercise. Every few
weeks, I was forced to take a week off to overcome
“over training” and total exhaustion. I contracted
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