In my excitement putting together my list of change-to-gain tactics, I left out a key one—probably because I only use it about once a month…
I meant to include it within #1, exercise switch, because it is just that—although more of an exercise shuffle…
I described using different ideal exercises—like going from dumbbells to cables; however, the other “switch” is exercise order…
For example, in Old Man, Young Muscle, I have a complete workout in which you put a stretch-position exercise first for each muscle (Chapter 9)…
As explained there, some ideal exercises are stretch-position moves, such as sissy squats for quads and one-arm cable laterals for medial-delt heads; however, most are not…
That makes for an excellent change-to-gain workout every few weeks—something completely different. Take chest for example…
Instead of doing dumbbell decline presses first, you start with flyes…
Another would be triceps, starting with 2-dumbbell overhead extensions—then doing your ideal, dumbbell decline extensions, second…
Research has shown that stretch moves have unique hypertrophy power, so attacking this stretch-first workout every so often is an excellent way to wake up muscles that are getting a bit to used to the same routine…
Like switching from Charmin toilet paper to the generic brand. Okay, not a great analogy, but in both scenarios you’ll probably get some new soreness.
The bottom line is that one stretch-first workout deviation will trigger new stimulation for more mass creation.
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Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman
Former Editor in Chief, Iron Man Magazine
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