Here’s a mind-blowing shot of Arnold standing near the window at the old Gold’s Gym in Venice, California. We believe it’s an Art Zeller photo…
When Arnold was in this kind of shape, his mass was shocking—even just standing relaxed…
There’s no question that Arnold was the king of bodybuilding during his era, and while his genetics were a huge player, his training was what catapulted his genetic gifts into the bodybuilding stratosphere…
We’ve talked about his multi-angular workouts before, which he did from the beginning, but perhaps even more important was his focus and feel in the gym…
Focusing on the mind-muscle connection is extremely important. It’s the anabolic bomb that makes every set exponentially better…
Take it from the Oak and feel every rep’s stroke..
Plus, use hypertrophic stretch exercises, like flyes, to slow-mo reps to speed sets to keep your mass gains coming. Arnold knew how to use all of those to max out his mass…
For more info on all of the above, please check out our expanded Quick-Start Muscle-Building Guide. The NEW 2.0 version explains many of those mind-muscle mass tactics and infuses them into complete slow-twitch-exhaustion workouts in a big, updated section…
Many of the new added workouts are tailored to build muscle in a bare-bones home gym with only moderate poundages—all you need is an adjustable bench and dumbbells (all we have is a bench and the 50-pound PowerBlock set, and it’s working great for us big-time)…
You can add this newly updated ebook to your mass-building library by clicking HERE.
For more on hypertrophic stretch-overload exercises, research and workouts, see our Freak-Physique Stretch-Overload ebook HERE.
Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
www.X-Rep.com
ELIMINATE SHOULDER PAIN
Shoulder pain can affect your workouts forever. That’s not good!
That’s why we’re recommending advice from injury specialist Rick Kaselj, MS. His tips can help make your shoulders nearly bullet-proof.
Here are a few general tips from Rick (he goes into more detail in his program)…
Top 5 Tips To Bullet-Proof Your Shoulders
- Build Tension in Your Lats. When doing shoulder exercises, activate your lats and keep your shoulders happy.
- Prime Up Your Muscles. Most people do a warm-up that just lubricates the joint, but you need to activate and turn on all the muscles in your upper body.
- Technique, Technique, Technique. This is the number one reason why people injure their shoulders. You can’t go to the gym every day and work on your max lift.
- Watch Out for Fatigue. Cooking your smaller muscles in your shoulder complex, and that increases the risk of shoulder injury and pain.
- Work on Your Shoulder Blade Muscles. Many strength coaches will say you’re wasting your time on this, but if you want to have bullet-proof shoulders, you need to work on them.
Get all of Rick’s tips and tricks for pain-free workouts below: