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Positions of Flexion Muscle Building

Optimize Hypertrophy With Torque, Tension, And Exercise Selection…
And Get the Full Bodybuilder Look You’re After

You don’t “train a muscle” with each exercise—you only “target specific fibers.” —Chris Beardsley, hypertrophy researcher

That could be the very reason you don’t look more like a bodybuilder—you’re lacking muscle fullness. Exercise choice makes a BIG difference…

Each UNIQUE exercise can activate different high-end growth fibers—those that have the best LEVERAGE in that specific angle or position…

So you need more than one exercise to FULLY develop a muscle. It took me 7 years to realize that and finally begin filling out my physique….

Once I began using what I call Positions of Flexion, I won a local bodybuilding contest (middle photo below). After that, my muscle fullness took off—WITHOUT DRUGS (photo below right)…

Steve Holman, author and former Iron Man magazine Editor in Chief.

I’ve learned that if you choose the RIGHT EXERCISES, you’ll get the FULL-MUSCLE bodybuilder LOOK much faster. POF shows you how to make that happen…

3 unique exercises for every muscle, each zeroing in on a specific torque curve and tension variable. It’s precision mass training—NOT the usual redundant “shot-gun” approach to exercise selection used by most.

And it doesn’t take a lot of sets. You’ll see why in the new POF guide. It has everything you need to build your physique bigger and fuller faster. Chapters and sections include…

Muscle-Size Rule of 5. How to accumulate enough “growth reps” so you FEEL and SEE new mass gains happening. Includes Mr. Universe Reg Park’s 5×5 strength program with a size side effect. (Reg was Arnold’s idol and one of the first men to bench press 500 pounds in the 1950s.)

The Truth About Steroids. 5 eye-opening facts about anabolic drugs and why they’ve made current bodybuilding training a mirage—be careful who you listen to. Includes a look at 1953 Mr. Universe Bill Pearl’s pre- and post-steroid training—with physique-comparison photos.

Powerful Old School Bodybuilding With a Triple Twist. Classic POF is a simple-but-efficient hypertrophy powerhouse method you can use it for new size and strength gains. Includes classic 3-exercise POF ROUTINES for every muscle.

Jonathan demonstrating all three positions of flexion for triceps

Jonathan Lawson used Classic POF biceps and triceps routines to build “the best drug-free arms in bodybuilding,” according to Michael Neveux, premier physique photographer (see the ebook cover).

Ultimate Mass Exercise Factors. 5 forgotten muscle-training factors and tactics you can try at your next workout to force more growth-fiber activation in a SINGLE SET. Includes The “ULTIMATE EXERCISE” LIST for every target muscle.

The 1X Get-Bigger Trigger. Apply the wisdom of PRE-STEROID-ERA bodybuilders for faster drug-free growth. Includes “The Total-Reps Theory” and a meta-analysis on how many sets you really need to maximize hypertrophy.

Still image from Athena the movie with Steve Reeves

From the 1954 movie “Athena”: Steve Reeves, screen Hercules and Mr. Universe, strikes a pose onstage with many other notable drug-free bodybuilders in the early 1950s. Check out those physiques! This was BEFORE ANABOLICS bastardized muscle building.

Positions of Flexion Reloaded. NEW POF MUSCLE ROUTINES, updated to emphasize the ultimate exercise for each muscle plus key add-on moves for total girth and fullness. Includes research on how you can DOUBLE your growth with “INTENTIONAL REPS.”

The POF XSTX-Power Mass Workout. How to heighten POF’s mass-building intensity with STX rest-pause, stretch partials and power-density variation. Includes a COMPLETE WORKOUT—you’ll feel it working immediately.

Images of Vince McConnel demonstrating stretch-partial cable curls

Vince McConnell showing stretch-partial cable curls.

Throughout POFMB, you get insightful quotes and observations from HYPERTROPHY RESEARCHERS AND EXPERTS, including Chris Beardsley, Trainer Jake Doleschal, Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D., Trainer/Coach Vince McConnell, Moe Larbi, Steven J. Fleck, Ph.D., William J. Kraemer, Ph.D., Mr. America Doug Brignole, Coach Paul Carter, Nautilus machine creator Arthur Jones, Mr. Universe Mike Mentzer, Elliott Horowitz, M.S. Strength and Conditioning, Mr. Olympia Frank Zane and more.

Steve Holman
Former Editor in Chief, Iron Man Magazine
50 years of lifting experience
Author Positions of Flexion Muscle Building

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The POWER STX Mass Workout

Heavier, Safer Hypertrophy Acceleration
Studies Show It’s “70 Percent Faster” Than Traditional Training

Research says that your muscles need change for new gains. This heavier hybrid STX method quickly stacks key hypertrophy reps with safety, precision, and speed, up to 70 percent faster than traditional heavy training. Ebook chapters include…

Flip Your Anabolic Switch: Studies show that this shift can get you IMMEDIATE NEW MASS GAINS—if you do it correctly
Size Surge and Muscle Memory: How legendary bodybuilders added a FULL HALF-INCH of new arm size with ONE workout (the intensity-recovery phenomenon)
Go Heavy for More Muscle: Revive your growth with a shift to POWER OVERLOAD
No Pain, Bigger Gains: The KEY EXERCISE for each body part to engage more muscle fibers

Steve demonstrating Bulgarian lunges in his home gym

Your Fast Power-Mass Solution: The MIKE MENTZER-DORIAN YATES connection—how this 4-minute tactic builds Olympian muscle (Mentzer photo by John Balik)

Mike Mentzer with arms spread wide on the beach

Hypertrophy Research Exposed: 3 NEW STUDIES on the Power STX method—plus a key ignored TRUTH about scientific research
The Power STX Workout: Complete 3-days-per-week program—35-to-40-minute workouts supercharged with Power STX (start/finish pics included)
WAVE Training and the NEW IMMEDIATE GROWTH THEORY: The hypertrophy window, muscle-protein synthesis, and how you can speed your growth with full-body WAVE frequency—innovative alternate workout included
Home-Grown Hypertrophy: How a simple home gym may be your godsend for HYPERTROPHY CONSISTENCY

You’ll also learn VARIATIONS to keep your exceptional growth surges coming. It’s time to get off the hamster wheel and pack on some new muscle that people will notice…

PLUS: For a limited time, you get Jonathan Lawson’s 20 POUNDS OF MUSCLE IN 10 WEEKS for FREE. He tells you how he re-muscled his physique with the Size Surge program—no drugs. Includes the exact workouts, diet, poundages, before and after measurements, and more.

Jonathan Lawson's original Size Surge results after 10 weeks

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The Power STX Mass Workout: $24—PLUS 20 Pounds of Muscle in 10 Weeks FREE

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“Cycling versions of STX was the missing factor. I’m using Power STX with select male and female clients and getting excellent results.” —Elite trainer and coach Vince McConnell

Freak-Physique Stretch-Overload Workout

The Freak-Physique Stretch-Overload Workout

The latest research verifies the incredible anabolic power of stretch overload…

Muscle stretch against resistance has been shown to produce a unique type of hypertrophy, and using it the right way can double or triple mass gains, adding pounds of raw muscle in as little as one month…

In other words, it can put new freak on your physique — fast!

This new ebook provides insight into all the new research as well as past studies that show a muscle-size explosion from stretch overload. And then you get complete workouts fused with that power-packed mass accelerator in various forms…

Such as Pure-Positions STX, Traumatic/Non-Traumatic (T/NT), Positions of Flexion, and Double-X Overload.

You also get the ultimate stretch move for each muscle and how to supercharge it for hyper hypertrophy. It can be as easy as adding one set of these special moves to your current workout to get a blast of new mass.

This is a must-have program for your bodybuilding library — a size-acceleration guide you will go to again and again.

The Freak-Physique Stretch-Overload Workout distills the scientific research into quick workouts and mass tactics you can start using immediately.

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Anabolic Reload Mass Workout

The Anabolic Reload Mass Workout is Here:

This is NOT your standard bodybuilding program — it’s a 4-week freak-physique blast to reload your muscle growth, prime new gains and radically change your appearance…

How does it work? The Anabolic Reload Mass Workout accelerates growth of both your fast- and slow-twitch muscle fibers in a condensed time frame at each session for hyper hypertrophy.

Recent research now shows that the slow-twitch “endurance” fibers have much more size capacity than previously believed — and studies reveal how you can build them while forcing much more fast-twitch growth as well. It’s the freak-physique secret verified by science, as you’ll see.

Here’s more of what you’ll learn with Anabolic Reload…

How to attack the 3 key hypertrophy triggers — mechanical tension, metabolic stress and muscle damage
The frequency factor — hit each muscle multiple times a week with quick, unique workouts to keep hypertrophy red-lining
Rotation for recuperation — for workout-to-workout size accumulation
Change to gain — new fiber growth via specific exercise selection at each workout
Continuous progression — unique demands on your muscles each week for mass acceleration

This is a must-have program for your mass-building library — a guide you will go to again and again. The Anabolic Reload Mass Workout distills the scientific research verifying all of the above along with complete “ultimate-mass” programs for size bursts you’ll see every week.

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Secrets to Ultimate Muscle Growth

Exciting, New and Forgotten Research Discoveries Can…

Double or Triple Your Muscle-Mass Gains—Free

This is NOT a gimmick or useless B.S. “white paper”—it’s real, legitimate information, the very latest breaking research on muscle fibers and how they adapt and grow to EXTREME, eye-popping, jaw-dropping levels. You’ll finally see why almost everyone is doing it wrong and why their growth is so painfully slow—and the reason those who know the “secrets” get amazing muscle size in record time. A few simple steps will make your own mass gains explode off the charts!

In this easy-to-read e-guide, you’ll see illustrations that explain the process—and disprove the mistaken beliefs that are frustrating so many so-called hardgainers. These buried ULTIMATE muscle-growth facts are from top researchers. They smash the myths, show you the truth, then you learn the proven techniques that can get you HUGE!

This FREE special report will change the way you train—and gain—forever. It’s free because we want you on-board and telling others about our methods and workouts. It’s as simple as that. You’ve got nothing to lose and loads of muscle to gain. Simply provide your e-mail address, and you’re on our team, enrolled in our PRIVATE alert register. NOTE: You will NOT receive e-mails from outside advertisers—and you can unsubscribe at any time…

We Finally Figured Out Why Everyone’s Size Gains Are So Slow—and How to Dramatically Speed Ultimate Muscle Growth…

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MMX Fast Mega-Mass Workouts

Max-Muscle X-pansion System
(Based on NEW Hyper-Hypertrophy Research)

MMX Fast Mega-Mass Workouts is filled with hypertrophic-priming info and programs based on a recent study on how to supercharge growth-fiber activation on any exercise. An exciting new study verifies it, we’ve tested it, and it works big time. We call it The Max-Muscle X-pansion System (MMX)–maximum size gains in mini time frames. In fact, you’ll see why it’s the “secret” behind a legendary bodybuilder’s incredible mass that he achieved from high-intensity training (that section alone is a real eye-opener that will show you how to pack on muscle size much faster). Plus, this e-book contains 4 brand-new MMX workouts, multiple MMX target-muscle routines (about 10 minutes each), and much more.

MMX Fast Mega-Mass Workouts: Packet with Power!

The MMX e-book is jam-packed with mega-mass info like…

• Ph.D. researcher’s 3 “primary mechanisms for muscle hypertrophy” and how to apply them to grow faster

• Massive Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty “Secret”–not what you think–relates to the latest study (trick to get thick)

• The new MMX Positions-of-Flexion Mega-Mass Workout (supercharged full-range size program)

• Hyper-hypertrophy tactics based on new studies: 8-10-8, DP 3X, PS 6X, X-centric-First Supersets and more

• The Ultimate MMX Mega-Mass Workout (innovative 3-days-a-week program for max-growth-fiber activation)

• The Colorado Experiment EXPOSED: 60 Pounds of Muscle in 4 Weeks? (recent info blows the lid off–see the actual letter from an insider on how it really happened)

The MMX Fast Mega-Mass Workouts is our current top seller, and for good reason… It Works! Get your copy now and experience the size-building results that have made this our #1 best selling e-book.

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Super-Size Crash Course

The Ultimate Super-Size Crash Course (includes Downward-Progression 4X, Progressive-Speed 4X and TORQ, plus controversial 2-Days-On fasting)

The Ultimate Super-Size Crash Course is your blueprint for packing on extreme mass fast. Jordon Williamson was the beta-test subject who slapped on 18 pounds of muscle in only 12 weeks (190 to 208) on the program–no steroids! It worked so incredibly well because it’s based on the science that you have to do more than just lift heavier weights to grow to your ultimate size.

You’ll learn how to build every hypertrophic constituent so your physique morphs into a seam-splitting mass of shredded, eye-popping muscle. Getting stunning results should NOT take years, as you’ll soon find out–you’ll get massive at warp-speed by combining Power POF, 4X, Downward-Progression 4X and TORQ (tension-overload repetition quantity). Check out Jordon’s before and after pics taken over the summer after his senior year in high school–very motivating and proof of just how effective this power-packed program is for jacking up your mass–without drugs.

You’ll get the complete program he used–2 different super-size workouts–PLUS an alternate that fuses the new Progressive-Speed 4X with other less-joint-stress, hyper-hypertrophy methods (perfect for older bodybuilders who no longer can or want to train ultra heavy but still crave more mass). You’ll also get Jordon’s Super-Size eating plan. And speaking of eating, as a BONUS you get author Steve Holman’s new 2-Days-On, Muscle-Up, Fat-Gone Diet. See his 8-week retooled-physique results with this controversial meal-by-meal plan that melted fat and built muscle simultaneously (his before and after pics are here too). It’s also know as the “Rollercoaster Size-and-Shreds” Diet because it can up your muscle AND rippedness at the same time with only 2 “diet” days a week (this 2-Days-On fasting is perfect for winter or summer!)

From the training to the eating to the motivation, this e-book is jam-packed with ground-breaking, mass-making stuff guaranteed to put some serious freak on your physique! Get your copy of Super-Size Crash Course now.

Easy to understand. Simple to follow. Guaranteed results–or your money back!

Power-Density Mass Workout 2.0

Classic Best-Seller, Now Updated With Super-TORQ

The Ultimate Power-Density Mass Workout 2.0 now includes a full-length interview with Mr. America Doug Brignole on his amazing Super-TORQ method. The unique muscle-building strategies in this e-book will get you growing like crazy because they push your muscles into the high-end hypertrophic tension time–60 to 90 seconds, which most bodybuilders never get. You’ll also get Doug Brignole’s complete Super-TORQ program that has him packing on mass and getting ripped like never before–and he’s over 50 years old! Talk about motivating!

We’ve also taken Super-TORQ and fused it with standard heavier training for a Power-Density mass workout specifically designed for size and strength. Plus, we give you our personalized Super-TORQ routine that we adapted from Brignole’s, but with fewer sets (you’ll see why when you read the NEW and updated chapters).

The Ultimate Power-Density Workout: Now with 6 complete exercise programs

While just a couple of these training routines would deliver the serious muscle gains and skin-stretching pumps you’re looking for, UPD has six full weight training programs to ensure you’re never left searching for what’s next:

1) Quick-hit Basic Power-Density Mass Workout
2) Positions-of-Flexion Power-Density Mass Workout
3) Mr. America’s Super-TORQ Program
4) POF Power/Super-TORQ Mass Workout
5) Our Modified Super-TORQ Program
6) Home-Gym Power-Density Workout (with optional TORQ)

Plus:

The ideal repetition speed you should use to get huge
The 3-way mass effect for multi-pathway hypertrophy
How workout density will supercharge your size-building (we got 8 pounds of muscle with this in only 8 weeks)
A big Q&A section on POF, TORQ, and Arnold’s training

Easy to understand. Simple to follow. Get your copy of Ultimate Power-Density Workout 2.0 now to see and feel the difference the immediate results!

4X Mass Workout 2.0

4X MASS WORKOUT 2.0 (Now With New Tension-Overload Method)

The updated X-traordinary 4X Mass Workout 2.0 e-book by Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson gives you fast and simplified supersaturation training for eXtreme muscle size, including the new TORQ method.

RE-IGNITE a huge surge in muscle hypertrophy after you’ve stalled on ANY other routine—it’s a PROVEN mass method verified by top bodybuilders, stress researchers and muscle physiologists.
Reach the critical GROWTH THRESHOLD–it’s how the pros of yesteryear got big and ripped without overtraining–use their techniques to accelerate your anabolic drive no matter what your level of experience.
Get size acceleration with SUPERSATURATION—fast muscle expansion that rapidly hypertrophies the key mass fibers without overtraining–you use medium poundages for less joint stress as you grow bigger and more muscular.
Learn from Bodybuilder X, who trained with many of the top pros of yesteryear and used these techniques to build a massive physique—he reveals how to take these special methods and make the best muscle gains of your life, even if you’re drug free. Exciting mass-building info from decades of experience!
5 complete 4X mass workouts, including our popular Direct/Indirect program, a Basic 4X mass workout, a limited-equipment home-gym version and even a beginner workout. Any of them will give you a stunning blast of new muscle mass!
3 NEW chapters and 2 new workouts that include the Tension Overload Repetition Quantity method. TORQ is quick high-rep 3X sequences that trigger ultimate mass by pushing the growth threshold into the high-end of hypertrophic tension time (60 to 90 seconds–something most bodybuilders never get). Plus, the Rotation for Mass Creation chapter includes a 9-week phase-training Itinerary that has you hitting a different 4X and TORQ workout every 2 weeks for huge size gains!

Easy to understand. Simple to follow. Get The X-traordinary 4X Mass Workout 2.0 now to see what these proven muscle-building methods can do for you.

Size Surge Workout 2.0

Imagine Your New Attention-Grabbing Body With 20 Pounds of Extra Muscle
Packed On Your Arms, Back, Chest and Legs—In Only 10 Weeks!

Here’s the Complete, Step-by-Step Legendary Crash Course I Used to Pack On 20 Pounds of Muscle in Only 10 Weeks—No Steroids, Other Drugs or Hormones—Size Surge: Now With 2 NEW Mass-4X Workouts

Incredible is the only way to describe how I felt after I packed on almost 20 pounds of solid muscle in 10 short weeks with The X-traordinary Size Surge Workout 2.0. My self-confidence doubled when my strength went through the roof, my arms blew up with almost 2 inches of new mass and my friends’ jaws dropped after they witnessed my muscular transformation. I used no drugs whatsoever, only precision workouts and a few choice supplements.

And even more amazing, each time I weighed myself, I had to step on the scale twice just to be sure I wasn’t imagining things; muscle kept appearing after almost every workout. Talk about exciting!

No doubt about it, the Size Surge program is a bodybuilding breakthrough. It’s a tested two-phase training approach that can radically change your appearance in record time. As you can see from my photos, it sent my growth into orbit and my physique became much fuller and more dense than ever before—in only 10 short weeks…

The X-traordinary Size Surge Workout

This e-book is your step-by-step road map to an eye-popping physique. It has all the info and programs from my personalized training journals when I was the beta-test subject for this amazing muscle-weight-gain program. It’s all here…

✔ My Phase 1 Size Surge Workouts. I made key changes to the original workouts that helped me gain faster. You’ll get this supercharged six-week anabolic-primer routine, and you’ll only train three days per week! These are specially designed quick split sessions that increase your natural testosterone production and get your muscle growth surging.

✔ My Phase 2 Size Surge Workouts. At week 7 you’ll shift to this multi-angular training approach so you get a brand-new blast of muscle mass right out of the blocks. It contains key muscle-hypertrophic triggers like the myotatic reflex, full-range fiber recruitment and continuous tension to jolt a new round of growth as well as all the key changes I made.

✔ Every Size Exercise Fully Explained and Illustrated. See photos and illustrations of exactly how to perform each and every move in both phases so you make the fastest gains possible. Plus, there are loads of tips and tricks so you hit the target muscle hard, feel it working and force it to grow like never before.

✔ The Size Surge Diet. An easy-to-follow balanced meal-by-meal eating schedule with the perfect protein-carb-fat percentages that deliver accelerated anabolic uptake. (There’s also a loose version with treats every so often.) You also get the recipe for the awesome Power Shake, a potent recovery and growth booster you can make with inexpensive ingredients from the grocery store.

✔ 7 Sacred Rules for Packing On Muscle Weight You Should Never Break. Review these often so you stay on the road to mega muscle mass!

✔ The Amazing Colorado Experiment. A detailed look at how one bodybuilder packed on an incredible 60 pounds of muscle in only four weeks—yes, four weeks! It happened in a controlled university research setting. See the routine he used and how the Size Surge program uses and infuses its tremendous mass-building power.

✔ A Doctor’s Stress-Response Mechanism for Anabolic Acceleration. This scientific recovery generator is incorporated into the Size Surge program to amplify your mass-building results (you can use it with any program you’re on to get spectacular gains—it’s fully explained).

✔ High-Intensity Interview. A discussion with a top-level bodybuilder on his one-set-to-failure mass-building method that’s strikingly similar to the Size Surge program. Learn his secrets for extraordinary muscle growth with brief, all-out training sessions—motivational photos included.

✔ Plus, 2 NEW Complete Mass-4X Workouts. This is a big new 2.0 chapter that describes the evolution of the revolutionary M4X growth-threshold system. These alternate Phase 2 workouts fuse POWER training with moderate-weight DENSITY OVERLOAD so your growth literally explodes!

As you can see, it’s absolutely possible for you to gain 5, 10, 20 or 30 pounds of solid muscle in a few short weeks. I added 20, and every bit of info on how I did it is here in this simple step-by-step e-book. Get the Size Surge Workout 2.0 so you can do it, too!

Optimize Hypertrophy With Torque, Tension, And Exercise Selection…And Get the Full Bodybuilder Look You’re After

Heavier, Safer Hypertrophy AccelerationStudies Show It’s “70 Percent Faster” Than Traditional Training