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Dave Draper Bodybuilder

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Dave Draper born April 16th, 1942 in Secaucus, NJ, began weight lifting at only 10 years old, and became a well known bodybuilder in his early 20's. He worked for Joe Weider in his warehouse and also appeared in his magazines "Mr. America" and "Muscle Builder/Power". Joe gave Dave the nickname "The Blond Bomber", which is a variation of boxer Joe Lewis's nickname "The Brown Bomber".

Draper trained at The Dungeon and Gold's Gym along side of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Zane, Franco Columbu, at el.

He also appeared in moves "Lord Love a Duck", "Don't Make Waves" and on TV shows "The Beverly Hillbillies", "The Monkees", etc.

Stats:
Height = Six Foot Tall
Weight = Two Hundred and Twenty Five Pounds

Bodybuilding titles won:
1962 Mr. New Jersey
1965 IFBB Mr. America
1966 IFBB Mr. Universe
1970 IFBB Mr. World
1970 NABBA Mr. Universe

Dave Draper Workout

Dave Draper comes from the era of high volume training, which Joe Weider called "bombing and blitzing". He worked out six days a week, training twice a day once in the morning and again in the afternoon.

He trained each body part three times a week, using three to four exercises doing twenty sets of eight to twelve reps for each muscle group.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays he worked his chest, back and shoulders.

On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays he worked his arms, thighs and calves.

He also trained his abdominals every day for going as high as one hundred reps for each ab exercise.

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