Interesting that I have gravitated to either all-midrange, all-stretch or all-contracted exercise workouts. In the newsletter and in the new Anabolic Reload e-book we’ve mentioned Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D., and his 3 key hypertrophic triggers: mechanical tension with heavier training, metabolic stress by blocking blood flow with continuous tension and muscle damage via microtears. Those correspond to the three exercises in POF–midrange, contracted and stretch. In other words, focusing on one of those at each workout might just be an ideal size stimulator…  [Read more…]

I got good soreness the last time I did an all-stretch workout. It’s been a few workouts since then, so time to hit it again… [Read more…]

All contracted-position exercises today–high-rep set followed by lower-rep set with a rest/pause add-on. [Read more…]

Haven’t done an all-midrange workout in a while–one exercise for each major muscle–so today is the day. And I added a rest/pause to each…  [Read more…]

I had a craving for an all-stretch-move workout, so I started with a high-rep set, added weight for 8, then did a rest/pause add-on for a few more. [Read more…]

Back to the contracted position first–with high reps for slow-twitch exhaustion. Excellent burn…
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Stretch move felt great as my first STX exercise. [Read more…]

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