Q: I’m using the Basic Ultimate Mass Workout 1 [on page 56 of The Ultimate Mass Workout e-book]. I like using the Ultimate Exercise for each bodypart with X-Rep partials, but I’m having trouble with X Reps on some of them, like incline hammer curls. When I hit exhaustion, I can’t budge the dumbbells. Should I grab lighter dumbbells and do a drop set instead of X Reps?
A: As you read in that e-book, the research suggests that movement is necessary for optimal nervous system activation, which means more muscle fibers get in on the action with X-Rep partials at the end of a set. There are some exercises, like incline curls and lying extensions, on which the addition of X Reps are difficult or nearly impossible. For those X-Rep-proof moves, and for any exercise that gives you trouble with X Reps, we suggest a Static X instead…
When you reach exhaustion—no more full-range reps are possible—move the weight into the
Oh, and on exercises that allow you to do X Reps, you can also add a Static X at the end of those partials for even more size stimulation. It hurts, but it works.
[Note: For more on Flex X and stand-alone static-hold sets, a.k.a. StatC and StatS, see the new X-Rep Update #1 e-book. How to use the tactics more effectively and on which exercises are included, along with a complete workout.]
Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
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