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I’ve been training each muscle group once a week with about 15 sets each. My gains have been okay, but how can I be sure that using fewer sets and training each muscle more times a week will get me bigger?
Try it. We’re sure you will be shocked at your surge of new muscle growth from the anabolic phasing. This will get you excited about it… [Read more…]
Seeing the 3 key hypertrophy triggers for muscle growth laid out by Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D. in Anabolic Reload got me motivated. Interesting that they align with your Positions of Flexion method. So hitting all 3 at every workout is the best way to grow?
For the uninitiated, the 3 key hypertrophy triggers you must attack for mega mass, according to Schoenfeld, are: [Read more…]
I’ve been lifting for a few years now, so adding weight to my exercises is rare. I know that “progressive resistance” is important for muscle size, so do I just put up with slow progress, force it or what?
Bodybuilding is called “progressive-resistance” training because adding weight and/or reps to your exercises can increase muscle size. Consider it a stealth progression… [Read more…]
In many of our programs, including the new Anabolic Reload Mass Workout, we emphasize stretch movements. Fiber elongation against resistance is one of the keys to freaky muscle size due to the addition of sarcomeres in series…
We often reference the bird-wing study by Jose Antonio, Ph.D., et al., that produced incredible muscle size increases. For the uninitiated, here’s what he said about it: [Read more…]
Q: Getting growth in all of the muscle fibers, even the slow twitch, makes a lot of sense. I’m looking for the most mass possible as quickly as possible, so getting hypertrophy in ALL fibers is the answer. I’m more of a leaner, hardgainer type, so my question is, Should I do more high-rep sets than just the first to get eye-popping muscle size, as prescribed in Anabolic Reload?
It does make sense that wiry hardgainer types have more slow-twitch “endurance” fibers. It’s why skinny guys usually make the best distance runners (Steve missed his calling–Lol)… [Read more…]
If you’re like us, you’re always in search of the perfect mass-building workout. Even if you had huge gains for just a single month – 30 days of unbridled muscle hypertrophy — you could radically change your appearance and have people’s jaws dropping…
What would it take? To get on the big-gain train, you need to apply the latest hypertrophy research… [Read more…]
Q: I’m thinking about trying the intermittent-fasting that Steve used to get more muscular and ripped [Super-Size Crash Course e-book, Chapter 8]? I’m extremely curious about the whole idea of eating less and producing more testosterone. I need something to get the ripping start, and it obviously burns fat quickly. I’m just so paranoid about losing muscle. I thought I would try it once a week, and if it works well, increase to two nonconsecutive days a week as Steve did. Any insights on muscle loss during IF?
All of us bodybuilders are paranoid about losing even an ounce of muscle, so we hear you. But you won’t lose muscle—you should gain more… [Read more…]
Q: I’m 53 and have decided to try the three-days-per week Size Surge program. Using a high-rep set first for every muscle (MMX) sounds perfect for me, as I won’t be using extremely heavy weights on the lower-rep sets after. Better for my joints. I know you recommend a heavy day with standard lower-rep sets on Friday, with the high-rep-set-first method on Monday’s workout. Since I’m older, can I get good gains and new mass using the high-rep-set-first method at all workouts?
Yes–and we highly recommend it, even for younger hardgainers. That’s how Steve is training now–at age 57, making excellent progress with no joint pain whatsoever. For the uninitiated, here’s the Phase 1 SS program split… [Read more…]
We’ve had great reports from bodybuilders using the Phase 1 Size Surge program merged with high-rep-set-first MMX. Using a 20-to-25-rep set first to failure has been shown to pre-fatigue slow-twitch endurance fibers so more fast-twitch fibers fire on your heavier sets after…
That high-rep set also triggers mass stimulation in the slow-twitch fibers, which have been shown to have more size potential than previously believed.
Keep in mind that [Read more…]
The Phase 1 Size Surge workout merged with the high-rep-set-first method [MMX e-book] has given me new mass after only two weeks. My question is that since the Monday and Friday workouts are the same, should I use different exercises–like dumbbell or machine bench presses instead of barbell bench presses to turn on the anabolic switch? [Read more…]
