We’ve mentioned our friend and colleague Doug Brignole, who recently won the 2019 Drug-Free Mr. Universe Open division at age 59. Below is a great shot from that contest. It’s proof that old men can build plenty of muscle…
Doug is now 62 and making an impact on the weight-training world with his biomechanics expertise and exercise insights in his book The Physics of Resistance Exercise…
That helped Steve formulate ideal exercises for every target muscle tailored for his bare-bones home gym.
And that info was critical in Steve transforming his workouts and physique. It’s all chronicled, with exercises and workouts, in Old Man, Young Muscle.
But back to Doug. He’s not a mass monster, but rather cut from the aesthetic-physique mold—and drug-free like us…
We’re always impressed with older guys who can display that kind of muscle because, well, we’re old. LOL. Steve is 62 and Jonathan is closing in on 50.
And like us, Doug uses higher-rep sets to begin each muscle. We like a 20-rep set, but he may start even higher, adding weight on the sets that follow.
Starting with high reps followed by lower-rep sets builds mass fast because that style attacks multiple muscle-fiber types for TOTAL growth—fast-twitch, slow-twitch, and everything in between.
Plus, the high-rep-sets-first approach fatigues the slow-twitch fibers up front. That forces better fast-twitch high-growth-fiber activation on the more difficult sets that follow…
Even more important, those end-of-sequence heavier sets are NOT with joint-crushing poundages thanks to the pre-fatigue from the higher-rep work.
It’s one reason that none of us have any serious injuries to speak of thanks to this type of sensible higher-rep-set-first mass training.
And the biomechanically “ideal” exercises are key too, because joints are in their safest, most natural positions when repping, no matter what the poundage.
And therein lies the biggest thing holding back almost every trainee’s muscle gains—and often causing joint pain…
Inefficient exercise selection.
It’s better to take each target muscle, emphasize its ideal exercise, and pack on new muscle size—safely and efficiently.
It’s the smart path to jacked mass no matter what your age…
For more info, go HERE.
Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
www.X-Rep.com
The Smart Path to Jacked Mass—No Matter What Your Age
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