Len Sell Mr. Universe Workout

Len Sell (born 3 February 1935) is an English professional bodybuilder who was prominent in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won the Mr. Britain title in 1958 and two Mr. Universe titles – amateur in 1959, and professional in 1962.

Len was no “muscle head”.. but a well-rounded personality with dozens of interesting hobbies. He liked all good music from Bach to bop..he was an expert dancer and even did Flamenco dancing on occasion.

Len was a very unusual bodybuilder in the sense that he had regular periods in which he alternated bulks up and train down. This is the real secret of his astounding success as a physique star.

He bulked up just just a few pounds more than normal, then trained like crazy for extreme definition. When he bulked up, naturally he went in for foods that are a bit on the fat side..rich soups…extra butter on his bread…ice cream or custard for dessert. But when he began his trainingdown routine he cutted out all fats and sweets and makes his diet an almost allprotein one, supplementing each meal with protein concentrates.

His workouts were completely different for bulking-up and training-down. His weight gaining routine consisted of several very heavy exercises, done in two groups…one group on one day, the other group the next in Split Routine fashion.
 

Note: When Len went on his training down (or as he calls it his “sharpeningup”) routine he used 18 exercises, done half one day the remaining half the next…again in Split-Routine fashion.

Note: Len’s leg work is done in the evening about 6:00 p.m. which has given his body a good eight hours to recuperate from the morning upper-body workout. Here he also decreased the poundages handled and did his Squats with about two-thirds of his regular bulking-up poundages, and increased the reps from 10 to 20. He did not need to work his calves because they regular leg exercises such as Squats are naturally muscular.