Q: After your recent newsletters on rest weeks, add-on exercises, and recovery, I’m starting to wonder if I’m doing too much to grow. I just turned 50 and am a hardgainer, more so than yourself. Do you think I would do better with just a few sets of the ideal exercise for each muscle, not doing any add-on exercises? [Read more…]
Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 242: Arnold and Dave Draper at Gold’s
It’s Tank-Top Day at Gold’s, so Arnold and Dave taunt people in T-shirts, claiming they are trying to hide shitty deltoids. [Read more…]
Mass Re-solutions
I’m not one for making New Year resolutions, but I do like to reflect on things like my workout and vow to implement tactics that have worked well in the past… [Read more…]
Stretch NOT the Magic Mass Maker?
Q: I switched to the [stretch-exercise-first] workout in Old Man, Young Muscle, and I saw immediate muscle-size increases. Why don’t bodybuilders use stretch exercises first most of the time? Or rely more on stretch exercises in their workouts? It’s working gangbusters for me. Thank you.
A: There are reasons why stretch exercises aren’t emphasized more: temporary gains. [Read more…]
Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 241: Arnold’s Fun Philosophy
One of Arnold’s life philosophies is, “No matter where I am, I always try to have fun.” In this off-season photo, he’s having fun testing the tautness of his bow string (look closely)… [Read more…]
Muscle Gainer, Sore Loser
In the last training newsletter, we discussed muscle soreness, damage, and how it can prolong recovery and even stall growth. [Read more…]
Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 240: Bruce Lee’s Stick Beating
Bruce’s anger erupts on his twin cousins as he finds two leftover pieces from the IKEA dresser they just assembled. [Read more…]
Get Sore to Grow More?
This newsletter often waves the caution flag about muscle damage and how it can prolong recovery and even derail growth.
When you create a lot of damage during your workout, which most bodybuilders do continuously, that damage must be repaired before hypertrophy can happen.
And therein may lie the answer to why muscle growth is so slow for most—if anabolic drugs aren’t involved. [Read more…]
Mass Mantra #54
Here’s another great quote from Dr. James DiNicolantonio (Instagram: @drjamesdinic)… [Read more…]
Multi-Plane Training for More Mass
Q: Big fan of your Positions of Flexion method. Three different exercises to hit different angles with specific focus makes sense and has built much of my current muscle. My question is, Now that you’re older, do you ever do all three positions at a single workout for each muscle? At 55 I’m feeling drained by that. It feels like too much.
A: Training all three positions for every muscle can be overkill for the average old guy—myself included. [Read more…]
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