Q: I just got the Size Surge 2.0 e-book. I see the two programs Jonathan used to build 20 pounds of muscle in 2 1/2 months has him using only one or two work sets per exercise, both work sets to failure. What does “failure” mean? Did he used forced reps? Negatives? Or just stop when he could no longer get a full rep?
A: Jonathan trained alone for Phase 1, which was a three-days-a-week mass-exercise anabolic primer. That means he couldn’t do forced reps or negatives…
However, what he did do was blast out as many reps in good form as possible—AND when he could not get any more full reps, he pulled or pushed the weight up as high as he could and did a static hold for as long as possible…
How long of a static hold is that? Usually five to 10 seconds. That extended the set for a longer tension time. Remember most of his sets were 7 to 9 reps, so adding a static hold pushed him further into the growth-time zone…
He didn’t do it on all work sets, but he did on most.
It’s a subtle-but-simple tactic. Tweaks like that that can be the difference between mediocre and stellar mass gains, especially with abbreviated routines…
Of course, he didn’t do that static hold on exercises that would put him in danger while training alone—like bench presses and squats. However, on most, he did use the end-of-set static contraction….
Years later, that evolved into our end-of-set X-Rep partials, and Jonathan made another quantum leap in muscle mass and detail…
Impressive—from Size Surge to X Reps. Talk about a transformation sensation.
More info on the best-selling Size Surge Workout 2.0 can be found HERE.
Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
www.X-Rep.com