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More Mass with the Front-to-Back Attack

Overhead close-up of front squat

Q: I always hurt my back when I squat heavy. And now I even hurt it doing moderate-weight 4X, probably because of the damage I’ve incurred over the years. You may call it brainwashing, but I really feel that I need to squat to build more mass. Any suggestions? I don’t want to give up squatting.

A: We’re right there with you on that. After years of heavy squatting—and numerous back injuries–we’re now very cautious when doing that exercise. But the good news is that we’ve figured out how to do it while significantly minimizing the injury potential and still gaining more mass… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 3x, 4X, bodyweight training, Charles Poliquin, heavy training, moderate weight workouts, moderate-weight 4x, more mass, olympic coach, pre-ex 3x mass workout, squats, tri-sets

Countdown to Mass: Your Growth Threshold

Lee Labrada doing cable curls

Q: I get really winded on some exercises, like squats and rows, with only 35 seconds between 4X sets. I’m still sucking air when it’s time to start my next set. Is it okay to take more time?

A: Yes, but we believe that to get the DENSITY size effect you’re after with the 4X mass method, you should have a countdown so you don’t rest more than one minute between sets. Former pro bodybuilder Lee Labrada said… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4X, countdown, density training, growth threshold, Lee Labrada, legend & myth, master training, pro bodybuilder, rest, rest time, vince gironda

Slow AND Fast for New Mass

Muscular torso doing triceps pushdowns
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Q: You’ve talked about doing different things on the last set of a 4X sequence, like rest/pause. Are there ways to change the other sets in the sequence for variety? I’m a big fan of “change to gain,” so I like as much variation as I can get. By the way, 4X training is incredible—I’ve gained almost 10 pounds in six weeks using it with POF. Thank you!

A: Yes, change to gain—if your workouts are the same, your results will be lame. (Maybe we should’ve been rappers—Nah.)

Muscular torso doing triceps pushdowns

We’ve experimented in the past with a unique approach to 4X—but it’s not for the meek. Remember, for 4X you use a weight with which you can get about 15 reps, but you only do 10; rest 40 seconds between sets then do it again. Here’s the hybrid drill:

Set 1: Raise the weight in one second and lower in six, getting around eight reps. That’s what we call an X-centric, or negative-accentuated, set. (Note: That’s almost a minute of time under tension.)

Sets 2 and 3: Use a normal cadence—one-second positives and three-second negatives, going for 10 reps. (40 seconds TUT)

Set 4: Use a speed cadence—about one second for the positive and one second for the negative.Get as many as you can—probably around eight to 10, depending on the exercise. We call this a speed set.

The late Olympic coach and muscle-building expert Charles Poliquin said that the most underused mass stimulus is rep cadence—and the above gives your muscle three different ones to deal with as well as unique tension times—and you use the same weight on all sets…

The X-centric reps on the first set act as an excellent warmup, pushing a lot of blood into the target muscle with a tension time of almost a minute and providing a good stimulus to the nervous system with slow negatives.

Steve spotting on Jonathan on incline dumbbell presses

They also provide muscle-building benefits right off the bat—you get myofibrillar stimulation with the slow negatives and sarcoplasmic expansion with the long tension time. That’s the double-dose of muscle growth we’re always harping on.

Next you do sets 2 and 3 with a standard cadence—one up and three down. Tension time is around 40 seconds.

Then, on the last set, you do more explosive-style reps, but you still control the weight. The 2-second-reps tempo is speed style and has been shown in studies to activate dormant 2B power fibers, so be prepared for some major fiber churn and burn. Good luck getting 10 reps on this set.

We recommend trying it on just the big midrange movement of a Positions-of-Flexion workout because it can be so traumatic. If you try it on all 3 POF exercises for a muscle, do a 3X sequence for the stretch- and contracted-position moves—only one standard set instead of two. It’s another mass tactic to get you huge.

If you don’t have the 4X Mass Workout yet, you can pick it up for just $9 HERE.

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Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.

—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
www.X-Rep.com


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Filed Under: X Blog Tagged With: 4X, bad gas, biotrust, change to gain, Charles Poliquin, eccentric, fast reps, free supplements, myofibrillar, negative-accentuated, pro-x10, probiotics, protein farts, rep cadence, sarcoplasmic, slow reps, speed reps, tension time, time under tension, x-centric

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 68: Danny Padilla Onstage

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Danny Padilla was “the Giant Killer” of pro bodybuilding back in the ‘80s. At only 5’2”, his symmetrical sculpted mass allowed him to beat bodybuilders who were much taller and larger than he was.

From the pic here, you can see why—no flaws anywhere. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1980s, 4X, 4x muscle building, aesthetics, after-40 muscle building, bodybuilding zen, danny padilla, density training, fast-twitch fibers, giant killer, hypertrophy, iron guru, master trainer, muscle pump, slow-twitch fibers, symmetry, vince gironda

Double Your Muscle Growth With X-Factor Firepower

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Q: I’ve had phenomenal muscle-size gains and strength increases since switching over to X Reps. I gained five pounds my first month with them! My question is, Do those build more of the myofibril strands or sarcoplasm fluid [in the muscle fibers] that you guys have been talking about? And can I use X Reps on 4X sequences?

A: For the uninitiated, X Reps are eight-inch partials you do in the semi-stretch position at the end of a set to failure. For example, when no more full-range reps are possible on incline presses, you lower the bar to about two inches off your chest and fire up to just below the halfway point for about three to four controled X-Rep explosions… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 20 pounds of muscle, 4X, dormant fibers, john balik, Mike Semanoff, muscle gains, myofibrillar growth, myofibrillar mass, protect your family, sarcoplasmic growth, sarcoplasmic size, self defense, testimonial, X Factor, X Reps, x-traordinary x-rep workout

Get-Big Tip: How to Flip the 4X Growth Switch

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Q: I got The 4X Mass Workout e-book, and it’s fantastic! I tried it on arms for a few weeks, and they blew up at every workout. I measured, and I gained a quarter-inch in only three weeks. Thank you! They’d been stuck for over a year at just under 17″. I’m convinced and ready to use 4X on all bodyparts. I want to do your full-range Positions of Flexion method for each muscle, 4X on all exercises, but the POF routine in the 4X e-book is a 2-way split. I don’t think I can work legs and chest on the same day. Is there an alternative?

A: Don’t be a wuss! That’s the Phase 2 Size Surge program Jonathan used to pack on 20 pounds of muscle in 10 weeks, so suck it up and just do it…

Kidding! That 2-way split is too taxing for some trainees (not just wusses), which is one reason Jonathan provides a 3-way POF split in his Size Surge e-book (pages 55-57). Here’s how that less-taxing mass plan pans out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Blog Tagged With: 4X, big arms, eat the fat off, get big, get ripped, growth switch, Harvard research, M4X, myofibrillar growth, POF, sarcoplasmic expansion, Size Surge

Spike Your Muscle Gains

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Q: I’ve been reading about 4X and TORQ. I’m 25 and usually train heavy, but now that I have to train at home, I’m looking for the best way to keep building muscle without a lot of weights. I’m afraid with these light training methods I might lose muscle. I’ll try them because I have no choice right now, but I think heavy is the way to grow. How do I know I won’t shrink if I don’t pony up for more weights in my home gym?

A: We’ve both been using 4X-based training techniques for several years. If a couple of old guys whose anabolic hormones aren’t what they used to be don’t shrink, you won’t. In fact, we’ve got trainees from all age groups who’ve tried 4X and TORQ and many start using them constantly because they make such great gains… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4X, anabolic fasting, anabolic hormones, bodbuilders, brad pilon, Doug Brignole, eat stop eat, gains, get ripped, intermittent fasting, mass program, Mr. America, muscle gains, power-density, power-density mass workout, Super TORQ, TORQ

“Wow! You’re looking seriously bigger, bro.”

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Q: I just want to thank you for another killer variation of 4X, “downward-progression.” I’ve only been using it for a couple of weeks on the big exercises, but a guy at the gym came up to me today and said, “You’re looking seriously bigger, bro.” It’s working great and is perfect with regular 4X and TORQ (tension-overload repetition quantity). I’m using DP 4X on the heavy power exercises in The Ultimate Power-Density Mass Workout 2.0, with 4X and TORQ on the others. I’m very impressed, and apparently growing more impressive. Lol. Thank you.

A: Interesting you say that because both of us received similar compliments in the gym when we started rotating in downward-progression 4X. One guy told Jonathan his arms were looking huge, and Steve got, “If you’re trying to get bigger, it’s working.” They both left off the “bro.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4X, actin, alain gonzales, athletic-aesthetic physique, bigger, brad pitt, density training, downward-progression, downward-progression 4x, dp 4x, home-gym training, myosin, perfect physique, power-density, sarcoplasm, sarcoplasmic expansion, TORQ, Ultimate Power-Density Mass Workout

TORQ Sandwich (not a snack; a get-big attack)

dumbbell bench press - Drop the Get-Big Bomb
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No, it’s not turkey and roast beef on whole wheat. It’s just a funny name for a method of training that can super-charge your mass gaining. It’s something we came up with years ago but haven’t mentioned in a long time… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4X, back pressure, downward-progression, hip flexors, Mr. America, pelvic tilt, psoas, sequential flow method, Super TORQ, tight hips, time under tension, TORQ, TORQ sandwich, tut, unlock your hips

Do Any Big Guys Use the 4X Method?

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Q: I know Mr. America Doug Brignole uses Super TORQ and has used a version of 4X. Are there any pro bodybuilders who use the 4X method?

A: The really big guys, especially referring to pro bodybuilders, tend to use an abundance of almost anything and everything in their training—because they have, um, “special” supplements to help them recover. That and superior genetics allow them to train rather haphazardly and still grow like crazy (we know, it’s not fair). [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4X, 4x method, Arnold Classic, Ben Pakulski, Charles Poliquin, Dexter Jackson, Doug Brignole, genetics, MI40, Mr. America, pro bodybuilder

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