Vince was one of the early influences in my life that steered me AWAY from steroids and Im infinitely grateful for that. I must have been only 14 or 15 years old when that idea was planted in my head that steroids could not only be harmful, they actually ruined your physique.Gironda detested drugs and the droopy bunched-up over-bulked physiques that anabolics produced. He was all about quality over quantity and his training techniques reflected that philosophy.I learned about Vince The Iron Guru in 1983, from Robert Kennedys Muscle Mag International. Gironda, who trained all the top champions back in the bodybuilding golden era as well as A-list movie stars like Clint Eastwood and Cher, had a column in Kennedys mag. I read (and collected) every issue. I also started reading (and collecting) the articles by and about Gironda in Peary Raders IRONMAN magazine.In both magazines I always saw those ubiquitous classified ads for mail order muscle building courses. I rarely ordered anything, but after having read Vinces articles, I was intrigued and wanted to learn more. So I bought my first Gironda courses: Blueprint for the bodybuilder and the six week Bulk Course.I eventually bought every course Gironda ever published as well as the book he co-authored with Robert Kennedy, Unleashing the Wild Physique.There was a lot of information to absorb in all his prolific writings, and frankly, some of it was confusing, conflicting or downright weird. Some of it today might be considered scientifically inaccurate or bodybuilding mythology.However, Gironda was a visionary, decades ahead of his time. Most of the principles he taught especially the training principles for bodybuilding - were not only spot-on, they were adopted, borrowed or ripped-off by other trainers and Vince never got the credit.Ive adopted so many of Vinces exercises and techniques, that I can say he was probably among the biggest influences on my own bodybuilding philosophy today.In this article, Im going to list for you the most Powerful, most effective, most quick-to-produce-results techniques that I adopted from Vince. And I list them all here, with credit to Gironda as the place I heard of them first.Please note this article is not about the Gironda exercises its about Gironda techniques and philosophies, which could be applied to almost any exercise. Ill talk about Girondas favorite exercises in another article.