Movies by Joe Weider

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 3: Back & Biceps

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 3: Back & Biceps

Session 3 covers functions of the biceps and back muscles, and introduces viewers to training exercises for these muscles.

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 1: Introduction to the Weider System

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 1: Introduction to the Weider System

An introduction to Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, and a summary of the contents of the next nine volumes in the series.

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 2: Basic Bodybuilding Techniques

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 2: Basic Bodybuilding Techniques

In this introduction to basic bodybuilding, learn about progressive resistance weight-training, sets, reps and split system training, free weights and machines, training techniques, rest and recuperation, and how muscles adapt to exercise.

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 4: Chest & Triceps

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 4: Chest & Triceps

Session 4 covers the function and conditioning of the triceps and chest muscles.

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 10: Training Safe & Smart

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 10: Training Safe & Smart

This session covers workout clothing, straps, wraps, and belts; warm-up and stretching; basic sports-medicine; healing; how to recognize and respond to minor injuries; plus common types of injury and how to prevent them.

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 5: Legs & Shoulders

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 5: Legs & Shoulders

This session covers the function and conditioning of the quadriceps and the muscles of the shoulders and hips.

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 9: Advanced Training – The Weider Principles

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 9: Advanced Training – The Weider Principles

This video covers in details Joe Weider's bodybuilding principles, including: split-system training, holistic training, instinctive training, full-range of motion, peak concentration, reverse gravity, eclectic workouts, muscle priority training, and more.

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 7: Mass & Strength Training

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 7: Mass & Strength Training

This session covers mass-training to increase muscle size and strength: mass versus quality, strength versus power, and compensatory acceleration.

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 8: Nutrition & Diet

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 8: Nutrition & Diet

Session 8 covers some essentials of nutrition for adding muscle definition and mass: macronutrients, proteins, fats, how much to eat and when, losing fat, maintaining muscle, the importance of eating of enough carbohydrates, and year-round consistency.

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 6: Detail Training – Calves, Abdominals, & Forearms

Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Training System, Session 6: Detail Training – Calves, Abdominals, & Forearms

Covers the function and training of the muscles of the abdomen, calves, and forearms.

Stand Tall

Stand Tall

This documentary is very much in the style of Pumping Iron, but like Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Rebuild it is centered around its "Star", Lou Ferrigno. It charts his early years as a kid from Brooklyn, New York who had to deal with having 85% hearing loss due to ear infections in his infancy. He fought against low self esteem by working out with weights in his father's garage, and boy did he win that battle with Mr. Universe (twice), and Mr. World among his physique title wins. Internationally known as a world class bodybuilder and star o...