5 great workout tips from the Godfather of Bodybuilding

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Charles Glass, also known as the “Godfather of Bodybuilding", operates on the principles of muscle confusion. The now 72-year-old has trained multiple world famous bodybuilders like Shawn Rhoden, Flex Wheeler, Dexter Jackson and even Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson and has earned his legendary status in the fitness world due to his unique training methods which involve variations to most conventional exercises.

Glass has a significant online presence with his 1.7 million Instagram followers, nearly a million YouTube followers and his GOB (Godfather of Bodybuilding) brand. This also includes multiple online courses and exclusive guidance videos that seek to change your gym routine to a more effective one. Thankfully, a lot of these get posted on his pages as well, and some of them are incredibly useful.

Glass’s expertise seems to be the ability to know what change to a particular exercise will recruit more muscle fibres. This challenges the muscles and stops the body from plateauing. Champagne chest raises: While the exercise has been around for a while, Glass is the one to have made it popular by believing in it.

Done with the bench in an inclined position, this move needs dumbbells which you hold in a close-grip position with the palms facing each other. The key is to then raise both the dumbbells as if you’re raising a glass while making a toast. “Press the weight using your chest muscles upward and back, bringing the dumbbells parallel to your chest.