Flex UK - June 2017

MOE

ELMOUSSAWI

HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST-ARMED

MEN IN THE 2008 AND 2009 OLYMPIAS

ELMOUSSAWI’S

HIGH-REP BICEPS ROUTINEHIGH-REP BICEPS ROUTINE

EXERCISEEXERCISE SETSSETS REPSREPS

Alternate Dumbbell CurlAlternate Dumbbell Curl 4 4 50, 20, 15, 40*50, 20, 15, 40*

One-arm Preacher CurlOne-arm Preacher Curl 4 4 50, 20, 15, 40*50, 20, 15, 40*

Alternate Hammer CurlAlternate Hammer Curl 4 4 50, 20, 15, 40*50, 20, 15, 40*

One-arm Cable CurlOne-arm Cable Curl 4 4 50, 20, 15, 40*50, 20, 15, 40*

Concentration CurlConcentration Curl 4 4 50, 20, 15, 40*50, 20, 15, 40*

Dropset with four subsets of 10 reps. Dropset with four subsets of 10 reps.

Moe Elmoussawi

liked high reps—did he

ever! For a while he

cranked out 1,000 per

body part in sets of 50

to 100. The routine

below was the one he

used before placing

ninth in the 2008

Olympia—his career

high point—and it’s

a little less of an

endurance test (he

alternated it with a

moderate-volume

workout). Still, its tally

of 625 reps is about

four times what most

MOE ON

BICEPS

TRAINING

“I do one

workout of five workout of five

exercises, exercises,

four sets each four sets each

and eight to 10 and eight to 10

reps per set.”reps per set.”

“The next workout “The next workout

I do all high reps I do all high reps

and dropsets.” and dropsets.”

on contracting on contracting

FLEX FACT

When he won the Mr. Lebanon as a teenager,

Elmoussawi was training only his arms.Elmoussawi was training only his arms.

bodybuilders do in a

biceps routine. The

mega reps didn’t

transform all of the

175-cm Lebanese-

native into a Goliath,

but his arms were two

of the best in every

contest he entered,

including the 2008 and

2009 Olympias. Though

he cracked the top 10

in both of those

appearances, ahead of

several legends, he

never won a pro show

over his 12-show,

ive-year career. (He

was third in the 2008

Ironman Pro, won by

Phil Heath, and second

the next year.) He

last competed

in 2011. Settling in

New Zealand after a

stint in California, the

entrepreneurial

immigrant focused on

expanding his sports

nutrition business.

Today, he’s also an IFBB

oicial and promoter.

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