I’ve had a few skeptics say that my progress with 35-minute workouts three days a week is impossible, especially for an old man…
That I’m lying, on steroids or both. Nope—and no Photoshop either…
I simply started training much smarter thanks to my decades of experience and after discussing exercise with former Mr. America and Mr. Universe Doug Brignole.
He opened my eyes to biomechanically precise exercises…
That is, “ideal” moves for each target muscle that trigger optimal muscle-fiber activation and hypertrophy due to a few key factors that I discuss in the new ebook…
In fact, getting the gains I got was purely accidental—and shocking even to me. Here’s the short version of how it went down…
I was training about an hour three to four days a week at a commercial gym, but unmotivated and out of shape…
I actually took the above photo to try and light a fire under myself. That was late in 2019. Then guess what happened? The pandemic hit…
When Covid-19 reared its ugly head, gyms closed and I was stuck with my pathetic home setup…
I only had a 50-pound PowerBlock dumbbell set, adjustable bench, and a doorway chinning bar. That’s it…
My motivation plummeted even more. I decided to do short home workouts, mostly for my health and sanity without much hope of building muscle…
Then Doug and I reconnected. We discussed his findings in the years after my Iron Man interview with him, and his new take on the ideal exercise for each target muscle.
He made good points, and I had nothing to lose, so I revised my short workouts…
I began emphasizing some of the ideal moves, and adding ones I knew built muscle along different anabolic pathways (hint: stretch overload, for example)…
I kept my workouts to 35 minutes each three days a week because, while I was somewhat re-invigorated, I still didn’t have a lot of confidence that I’d add muscle to my 62-year-old body.
Then after a few months of these revised workouts three days a week, my wife took a shirtless photo of me in our backyard. I was blown away when I saw it…
I actually had more bodybuilding-type fullness and muscle shape than I’d had in years. That really lit a fire under me, and I started putting more thought into my 35-minute sessions…
I also started watching my diet more and incorporating an anabolic-fasting method I’d used in the past.
When I saw new vascularity, my single ab getting dividing lines and my T-shirts getting tighter, I knew something great was happening.
In 10 weeks, I transformed my physique—and most of it had to do with emphasizing the ideal exercise for each muscle, thanks to Doug’s help…
And therein is the biggest thing holding back almost every trainee’s muscle gains…
Inefficient exercise selection.
Emphasizing the ideal move for each muscle and marrying it with a set or two of exercises that can pack on mass through other anabolic pathways is the key to much more muscle in less time than you can imagine…
It’s precisely how I did it with 35-minute workouts three days a week.
You can do it too, no matter what your age. Get more info HERE.
Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
www.X-Rep.com
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