Most of the best bodybuilders, like Mike Mentzer, have an amazing ability to concentrate. In this photo shoot, it took his laser focus to avoid the embarrassing appearance of the Haunted Loin Cloth.
Seriously, the man had an incredibly thick physique—Herculean with good aesthetics, even in a skirt…
Check out this interesting comparison, on the left in front of his family home in Pennsylvania, on the right on the beach in California (photo by John Balik)…
His incredible mass was a lot of good genetics, of course, but beefed up with his science-based training. For example, when he was training for the ’80 Mr. Olympia, he used a modified Pre-Ex method.
It was higher-rep isolation followed by lower-rep compound, similar to the STX method.
There’s a complete Mentzer-inspired pre-ex STX workout in OMYM, Chapter 9, page 68.
Like Mentzer, we strive for precise, efficient hypertrophy stimulation. It’s why our workouts are only 35-minutes three days a week, alternating upper-body and lower-body sessions…
Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
www.X-Rep.com
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