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Should I Do More?

Jonathan Lawson V-bar chins - 10X for Muscle Size Effects

Q: I’ve noticed in a lot of your e-book routines that you often recommend just two work sets for an exercise Why? Should I do more? I’ve read that most bodybuilders do four or five sets per exercise.

A: As Arthur Jones, the creator of Nautilus machines said: “You can train hard or you can train long, but you can’t do both.” Short and hard or long and not so hard both work. Despite what some die-hard high-intensity trainers say, gradually increasing volume is a form of overload that can result in more muscle—if you don’t overdo intensity. It’s a balancing act. Us? Regardless of whether it’s one of our low-set workouts or high tension time workouts, we’re about efficiency of effort in the gym…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic environment, arthur jones, do more, drop sets, efficiency-of-effort, estrogen, fast-twitch fibers, fat burner, growth hormone release, growth stimulation, intensity, mass tactic, massthetic, Nautilus, rest/pause, steroids, tension time, testosterone, volume training, X Reps, x-hybrid tactics, x-rep partials

Simple Size Principle for Major Muscle Gains

Steve spotting Jonathan for forced reps on dumbbell shoulder presses

Q: It’s hard for me to believe that a few partial reps at the end of a set [a.k.a. X Reps] can do anything measurable for muscle gains. Isn’t doing an additional set just as good or better for muscle growth?

A: At first glance, you’d think so; however, once you understand muscle physiology, you see the enormous muscle-building effects that can occur if you extend a set correctly. It all starts with the size principle of muscle fiber recruitment…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic, efficiency-of-effort, fast-twitch fibers, high glycolytic, high-threshold motor units, low-threshold motor units, medium-threshold, muscle gains, muscle growth, muscle physiology, nervous system, over-40, oxygenic, size principle, size principle of muscle fiber recruitment, slow-twitch, testosterone, Truth About Testosterone, X Reps, x-rep partials, x-traordinary x-rep workout

Old-School Muscle Moves

Q: I noticed in some of your newsletters and in articles on your website that you guys do behind-the-neck presses and behind-the-neck pulldowns. Don’t you know those can trash your rotator cuffs? 

A: You’re not the first to reprimand us for using those so-called dangerous old-school muscle moves. However, we think the injury potential of behind-the-neck pulldowns and behind-the-neck presses is overblown because it’s dependent on genetics, exercise form, and where you place them in your program.

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: back, back extercises, behind-the-neck presses, behind-the-neck pulldowns, belly fat burn, exercise form, fat loss, hormone trick, injury, lat exercises, midback exercises, muscle-building, new-school, old-school, old-school muscle moves, physique, results, rotator cuffs, shoulder exercises, shoulders, Size Surge, size surge workout

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 4: Bruce Lee Ripped

Okay, Bruce Lee wasn’t a competitive bodybuilder, but his physique stunned those who witnessed it in peak condition.

Hard to believe he was 5’8” and weighed only 128 pounds. You read that right.

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic reload, biotrust, bodybuilding zen, bodybuilding zen 4, bruce lee, drop fat, free protein, lean, low-carb protein, ripped, shredded, x-treme lean

DXO Works on Warmup Sets Too

Jonathan doing speed reps on cable curls

Q: I’m making some incredible progress using your Double-X Overload technique, but I wanted to let you know that I don’t just use it on my work sets. DXO works for warmup sets, too. I usually use it on at least one of my two warmup sets for the big [midrange] exercises. I feel much stronger on my work sets. Great technique!

A: That’s a good tip. We love feedback from fellow weight trainers who think instead of just following the pack. One reason DXO works so well on warmup sets is because of the enhanced occlusion and nervous system activation.

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d muscle building, anabolic fasting, beyond x-rep, blood flow blockage, Double-X Overload, dxo, eat stop eat, explosive reps, fast-twitch, growth threshold, intermittent fasting, journal of strength conditioning research, nervous system, occlusion, ripped, strength, warmup sets, warmups, X Reps, x-hybrid tactics, x-rep partials

How to Cut Back to Grow

Steve doing incline curls

Q: The idea of a few medium-intensity [subfailure] workouts after many weeks of going all out makes perfect sense to me. My question is, Should I reduce my poundages so I can do the same number of reps, or should I stick with my same working poundages and just do fewer reps? Which way is best?

A: We prefer to use the same phase-training approach Jonathan used on the 10-week Size Surge Program when he gained 20 pounds of muscle. For each of his two supercompensation weeks, he used the same work weights and just stopped two reps short of failure—and that worked amazingly well for him. He actually appeared to get bigger during each downshift week as his muscles and nervous system supercompensated.

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10-week Size Surge, 20 pounds of muscle, anabolic, bodyweight training, cut back to grow, full-range training, grow, growth, medium intensity, muscle-protein synthesis, nervous system, phase training, POF, positions of flexion, recovery, rest, Size Surge, size surge workout, subfailure, supercompensation

The Rest/Pause Link to Major Muscle and Strength

Q: I’ve been following your newsletters and noticed you guys talking about rest/pause not too long ago. Can you explain the technique a little more and the reasoning behind it?

A: Rest/pause is basically taking a very short break after you hit exhaustion on a set, and then repping out again with the same weight. The brief rest/pause allows the lactic acid to clear somewhat from the muscle and the nervous system and ATP to regenerate to a degree as well.

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d muscle building, anabolic, anabolic stimulus, dante, dc training, doggcrapp, Double-X Overload, dxo, forced reps, heavy singles, mike mentzer, mike westerdal, muscle, muscle size, muscle strength, physique, protect your family, pyramids, rest/pause, size, strength, X Reps, x-rep partials

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 3: Arnold’s Sky-High Biceps

One of the most motivating pics we ever saw when it comes to arms is Arnold’s biceps shot on the cover of his best-selling book Education of a Bodybuilder. Holy sky-high bi’s! It doesn’t look real—but it is (no PhotoShop back then).

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d muscle building, anabolic after 40, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, arnold's biceps, biceps, biceps peak, biceps width, biceps workout, biotrust, bodybuilding zen, bodybuilding zen 3, concentration curls, contracted, education of a bodybuilder, free probiotics, free trial, genetics, incline curls, inspiration, midrange, motivation, mri studies, photoshop, positions of flexion, pro-x10, probiotics, protein farts, stretch, stretch overload, wide-grip curls

Top 5 Fat-Loss Blast-Off Tips

Jonathan Lawson Abs and Delts - Key Muscle-Size Exercise for Shocking Shoulders

It’s not easy getting lean—at least for most people—which is why fast fat loss is always a hot topic. Most of you reading this probably want to uncover your abs sooner rather than later…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: alcohol, beers, biotrust, blood sugar, calorie reduction, calories, cardio, cocktails, diet, fat burning, fat cells, fat loss, fat-loss tips, fat-to-muscle workout, free protein, GH, growth hormone, lean, low-carb protein, metabolism, muscle burn, negative-accentuated, nutritoin, occlusion, physique, post-workout, ripped, slow negatives, sugar, top 5 fat loss, weight loss, x-traordinary abs, x-treme lean, zig-zagging calories

Arnold’s X-Rep Mass Connection

Arnold double biceps

Q: In the description of your new e-book [The X-traordinary X-Rep Workout], you mention that Arnold used X Reps. How is that even possible? He was training [at his peak] way back in the 1970s, and X Reps didn’t come around till the 2000s. What’s the deal?

A: We coined the X-Rep term about fifteen years ago, but partial-rep training has been around for ages in various forms. What we did was take the most recent research on semi-stretch-point fiber activation and zero in on the BEST spot on the stroke for end-of-set partials, or X Reps…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, burn outs, burns, flex-x, growth stimulation, iron man magazine, john balik, mass, muscle fibers, over-40, partial reps, positions of flexion, size building, testosterone, v-taper, X Reps, x-only, x-rep partials, x-traordinary x-rep workout

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