I was talking to my fireman son-in-law about the direct-indirect concept that was the subject of past newsletters…
With that, you train a muscle directly first, with the ideal exercise using the STX method followed by an add-on move. That gives you short-rest mass effects.
Then you train that same muscle indirectly later in the workout. That later work gives you a longer rest before that indirect work…
For example, for quads you do sissy squats and wall squats. Then later in the workout you include dumbbell squats with your glute routine for indirect quad work.
My son-in-law mentioned that it compared to how he trains at the firehouse—with a circuit-style workout…
He picks a handful of exercises and moves from one to the other with very little rest. Takes a brief break, then hits those same exercises again for another round and so on…
Modeling what he does with the Old Man, Young Muscle workout, you’d start with dumbbell decline presses, ideal chest exercise. Then move through the ideal moves for back, shoulders, and arms.
After a rest, you’d ht it again for round 2…
He does that for multiple rounds—and his workout lasts about 30 minutes. He says it keeps him lean, muscular, and gives him cardio. That circuit style is working for him.
He’s got good bodybuilding genetics, so I suggested he could get a bit more beefy by integrating the slow-twitch exhaustion method and some add-on moves…
I’ll have more on that in the next training newsletter. Stay tuned.
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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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