Body building routines are as varied as the body builders who design them; and the best body building routines are the ones which achieve the desired results in the shortest time. People will always look for what gets them the maximum benefit for the minimal amount of work, so body building routines which employ superior training methods will be very much in demand.
But what many inexperienced bodybuilders fail to realize is that they cannot reach Schwarzenegger status simply by renting a copy of Pumping Iron and imitating each of Arnolds moves. The same holds true of the body building routines of all the Mr. Universes and Mr. Olympias who have followed in the Governors footsteps.
Borrowing some of the techniques of a world-class body builder is fine. Expecting those moves to have you competition ready in two months is just not realistic. And you may find that, after you have performed those borrowed moves for a week or two, they are not moving you any closer to your own ideal body shape.
Nothing Works For Everyone
What works for one, when if comes to body building routines, does not, and never will, work for all. If there were a one-routine-fits-all...