Well, if Thibaudeau did it, why Can't we?

[laxcdn]

Originally Posted by vuduchyld

Yes, he has.

That is certainly PART of the problem with following the path of others...I mean, even for a bodybuilder, you wouldn't want to show them Arnie's routine from 1971, tell somebody to follow that routine, and expect them to look like Arnie!

I have and I don't

[tonymcclellan]

From Alwyn:
But, Christian built that physique, by his own admission, using mainly Olympic lifts and performance based training!

The biggest change in his physique came a few years ago when he got lean and showed the massive amount of muscle he'd already built — from years of total body training.

From CT:
I'd say that most of my legs, back, and shoulder mass come from my Olympic lifting background.

Another point worth mentioning is that before I started Olympic lifting (I was 20 years old at the time), I'd been weight training for six years to increase my football performance. While it wasn't a typical bodybuilding program, it wasn't whole body training either. In fact, it was:

Day 1: Legs

Day 2: Push

Day 3: Pull

Day 4: Isolation split

Heres what Ive seen CT say about his training in his early days. Taken from http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1333967