Titans (Part III): Victor
Martinez
a review by
Steve Buccilli
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Titans (Part III): Victor Martinez
A Muscletime Production
DVD format
125 minutes in length
Issued in 2005
Availability: http://www.titansdvd.com/
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What makes this DVD outstanding is Vic himself. He has
a different type of physique than we’ve seen before.
In a shirt he looks huge, with outstanding delts and wide
lats. When the shirt comes off, you’re impressed
with that tiny waist. Vic has the perfect combination of
size, freakiness, and aesthetics – he’s a new
breed of muscle. His arms are like pythons, yet insert to
such tiny joints they don't look real. His back is so
wide that you’d think his waist would be thicker,
but not so. How Vic got lats so thick on such a tiny
waist is beyond me.
The film was shot after Vic’s 2004 Show of Strength
win. I expected some intense workouts with moderate
weight, being that the Mr. Olympia was two weeks away.
Boy was I wrong.
The video starts out with a leg workout, filmed at the
gym Victor owned at the time.
We see him warming up with an unusual exercise, one I've
never seen done. He's standing up with one leg in the
seated leg extension machine, and he’s pulling his
knees up high. This exercise looks like it hits the
thighs at a unique angle. Leg extensions are followed by
squats in which Vic goes up to 495 lbs!
We see Vic handle some pretty heavy weights as he goes
through a delt workout. He does heavy dumbell presses,
and other exercises as well. His back and tricep workout
is next. To say the least, Vic’s back is incredible
-- huge, wide and thick. You could lose your hand in the
middle of his lats. His triceps are equally impressive,
big and detailed. His chest work is awe inspiring. We get
405-lb. bench presses, and great detail watching him
doing flyes. We also see a bicep workout, watching
them swell up doing preacher curls. Before it’s
over, the DVD shows Vic doing a full workout for every
body part.
The film comes with great extras. There’s backstage
footage at the Show of Strength, comparisons with Darrem
Charles, and his evening posing routine at his first
major pro win. Finally, we get footage of a photoshoot
with Chris Cormier, shot by Per Bernal, that ran in Muscular
Development magazine.
All in all, a great DVD.
Steve Buccilli
February 2008
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