Experience speaks loud and clear. The 80-year-old former Mr. Olympia, Frank Zane, is one of those experienced candidates whose wisdom can make a massive difference in the professional life of bodybuilders. Three-time Mr. Olympia recently joined another bodybuilding maestro Mike O’Hearn in his show. 

Bodybuilding is a sport that presents the most aesthetic and massive physiques. In the video, the two bodybuilding stars talked about the essence of bodybuilding and the little secrets to succeeding in it. When it came to presentation, Zane shared one of the wise decisions that he followed throughout his career. Here’s what he shared. 

Bodybuilding legend inspires the aspirants to keep the surprise element

In the age of social media, users are all over it, revealing every truth of their lives in the public purview. Even if we look at the current bodybuilders, they certainly put their physique updates, workout videos, and much more out on social media. However, the former Mr. Olympia wouldn’t recommend that. He believes in keeping certain things up to the imagination.

In the clip from The Mike O’Hearn Show, Zane gave a piece of wisdom. As Mike O’Hearn asked, “You said you had your shirt on two weeks out.” Zane replied, “Yeah, I never exposed myself in the gym.” Interestingly, he reserves his big reveal as an element of surprise, as Zane has a reputation for having the most aesthetically pleasing physique. Mike asked, “Why?”

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Zane revealed the power of surprise and that of being unseen. He said, “Well, you know, it’s like the great unveil, you know, you’ll walk around that way, and then it’s this whole thing about it is, you have to shock people. You know, when you go on the show, you have to, the unveiling should be exactly that they should be astonished. You look so good and the way you do that is you don’t give it away ahead of time. You don’t, uh, do all this publicity where you’re posting in public and everything and everybody sees you then they know what to expect.” 

Mike O’Hearn immediately grabbed onto the logic and facilitated his understanding with another example. The 54-year-old bodybuilder described the same thing as when an artist hides his painting or any form of art before unveiling it before a main event. The element of surprise is one of the most underappreciated things that can make a big difference in bodybuilding. 

It is not the first time Zane has been sharing his wise words with the world. The legend has been frequently sharing his abundance of knowledge and experience with the world through various podcasts and interviews lately. What do you think about the uncommon advice that Frank Zane shared in this video? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section. 

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