This is another of Kevin Horton’s black-and-white gym photos of Dorian Yates that literally shocked the bodybuilding world in 1993. At that time, the sheer massiveness and graininess of his physique was astounding…
Keep in mind that Yates won his first of six Mr. Olympia titles in 1992, the year before, and officially ushered in the mass-monster era. His physique only got bigger and grainier as his victories continued…
Yates was 5’10 1/2” and competed at a bodyweight of around 275, with every muscle group developed to gargoyle proportions—and he did it with short workouts compared to his peers.
He was from the high-intensity, Heavy Duty school of bodybuilding—but he favored higher-rep warmup sets prior to his all-out , short-but-heavy mass blasts…
That’s similar to our slow-twitch exhaustion, or STX, method, which begins each muscle assault with a high-rep set to pre-exhaust slow-twitch fibers—and trigger growth in those often neglected fibers as well…
And now new research shows that you don’t have to use crazy heavy poundages to hypertrophy the fast-twitch fibers after a high-rep set—if you do it right. A Brazilian study initiated that finding, which we discuss in many of our e-books, like the one we most recently updated…
It’s an expanded version of our Quick-Start Muscle-Building Guide, now 2.0, with many mass tactics—like STX, slo-mo and speed reps—infused into short, efficiency-of-effort home workouts…
The workouts in the new section are tailored to build muscle in a bare-bones home gym with only moderate poundages—all you need is an adjustable bench and dumbbells. We have only the 50-pound PowerBlock set, and it’s working great for us.…
You can add this updated and expanded ebook to your mass-building library by clicking HERE.
Similar to STX is our 4X method—a bit more volume, no high-rep sets and a progressive muscle-fiber exhaustion strategy. It’s excellent for younger trainee looking to preserve their joints as they pack on new mass, as well as for older bodybuilders who are training around aches and pains. The pump is unreal…
> The 4X Mass Workout 2.0 is available HERE.
Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
www.X-Rep.com
What Would You Do to Protect Your Family?
Mike Westerdal is a renowned personal trainer and national best-selling physical preparedness author, but he’s also a father and a husband… who would do anything to protect his family.
He used to get pushed around when younger and spent years building up his body and becoming stronger, getting mentally and physically tough the hard way. As he got bigger, he learned to handle himself, and working in security, he learned first-hand how violence really plays out.
Some of the other guys online who show off their self-defense videos and books need to get a grip. The level of skill needed to pull off their basic moves is CRAZY for most ordinary people.
- If a defense system requires more than a few hours to master, it’s not a program.
- The only techniques you will ever use are the simple ones.
- They need to work for an ordinary person without prior training, technique, or ability.
- So even if you think you don’t have time to learn how to defend yourself…
- You don’t need to spend years training to be a martial artist.