One of the most common questions I get about my own training is, “How can you build your physique in only 35 minutes three days a week?”
There are two main reasons my workouts don’t take long—although some are leaking up past 40 minutes due to set-up time with my new cable unit, which I didn’t have with the original Old Man, Young Muscle workouts:
1) Home gym: I can move quickly from exercise to exercise in a small space; there’s no hiking across the gym floor, only to find someone camped on the equipment I need…
2) Good shape: Descent cardiovascular fitness allows me to rest only briefly without compromising my next exercise.
And that second one is the small change I’m talking about in the subject line. My resting heart rate is—hold on, let me look—56 beats per minute today, fairly good for an old guy…
You may not be there, so the change for bigger gains I’m suggesting is a longer rest between muscle groups—note that I said muscle groups, not exercises for the same muscle. For example…
After you train quads, three to four sets with 20 to 30 seconds between sets, you will be huffing and puffing…
If you go right into hamstrings, you may not be able to do that muscle group justice. Trying to suck in enough air during a high-rep set of leg curls or semi-stiff-legged deadlifts will cause you to stop too early…
After you train a large muscle that has you breathing like a locomotive, go sip water, take some deep breaths, and don’t start your next bodypart until your breathing is close to normal…
Sure, you may not get your workout done in 35 minutes, but what’s another 10 for more effective training and extra mass?
Because you’re using only a few precise sets per muscle, you want to be able to give each bodypart routine your all…
A good rule of thumb: Don’t move on if you could make a perverted phone call.
Your Efficient Mass-Building Handbook: For complete mass workouts that include Speed Sets, the ideal exercise for each muscle, and the best stretch and contracted add-on moves, get your copy of Old Man, Young Muscle.
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Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman
Former Editor in Chief, Iron Man Magazine
www.X-Rep.com
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