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08/01/2026

In the late 1960s, Arnold and his training partners would sometimes get bored with the gym. To break the monotony, they would take a barbell and 250 lbs of plates, drive out into the Austrian woods, and pick a single exercise—usually the squat.

They didn't count reps. They didn't follow a "program." They had one rule: You squat until you physically cannot stand up.

Arnold believed that the average person stops when they feel the first sting of pain. He called this the "Pain Barrier." To Arnold, that sting wasn't a signal to stop; it was the starting line. He would say:

"The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens."

One afternoon, after hours of squatting in the sun, Arnold’s legs were shaking so violently he couldn't walk. His partners had to help him to the car. To most, this would be a miserable experience.

To Arnold, it was a "joyous" day because he knew he had pushed himself further than any other human being on the planet was willing to go that day.