The 3 Phase Mass-Building Workout

I discussed the time cost vs. hypertrophy benefit of six-days-per-week volume training compared to precision STX workouts…

Training six days a week on a 3-way split, with 10 or more sets per muscle CAN build additional mass, BUT…

At an exorbitant cost—time, more muscle damage and fatigue…

That type of program translates into 9 hours a week for maybe an extra 2 pounds of muscle a year. That’s 468 hours.

The STX Old Man Young Muscle workouts take you 35 to 40 minutes each three days a week—90 hours of training a year…

So the question is, Do you want to train 5 TIMES as long for 2 extra pounds of muscle? Remember, that extra is spread out over your entire body…

And even if you manage to build a bit more than 2 pounds, you need to consider the time cost and if you’ll stick with it.

Why does it take so much extra work for small blips in extra muscle?

The latest research shows that the first set for a muscle is the most powerful when it comes to hypertrophic stimulation. It takes four more sets to equal the stimulation of that first set.

With the OMYM workouts, however, you use three phases for a muscle, each with its own specific purpose:

1) Muscle-fiber array cascade (initial 15-rep set to failure on phase 1)

2) Immediate high-threshold motor-unit activation (1.5-second reps on phase 2)

3) Fiber-recruitment variation (add-on exercise for phase 3)

This is a perfect time for you to give powerfully efficient workouts a try to pack on new size. It takes a helluva lot less time. (See the ebooks below.)

Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.