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Q: I’m loving the Old Man, Young Muscle workouts. Just what the doctor ordered to build some new muscle. What’s your take on the muscle experts online that contradict your methods and exercise choices?
A: I’m not one to go online and call out other people’s methods. In this newsletter and OMYM, I simply explain why I train the way I do and back it up with research studies. [Read more…]
I’ve featured German bodybuilder Jo Lindner, a.k.a. joesthetics, in this newsletter a few times… [Read more…]
Christian Thibaudeau is one of the most sought-after coaches by both bodybuilders and top athletes alike. And he’s got a damn good physique as well… [Read more…]
Q: What’s your opinion of Arnold training six days a week? I read that he worked each muscle three times every seven days with 20 sets per body part at each workout. I know he used steroids, but that much training seems excessive. How could someone recover from that and grow? [Read more…]
One of the more popular “advanced” methods is to train each muscle only once a week. That’s a more recent idea, as… [Read more…]
When I started bodybuilding in high school with my best friend, Bill, we would devour the muscle magazines cover to cover, over and over. They were hard to find in our small town…
We’d often walk to every store that had a magazine rack, searching. It was a treasure hunt for the latest Muscle Builder/Power or Iron Man or Muscle Training Illustrated… [Read more…]
Q: Your before and after photos at the X-Rep site are impressive and, to be frank, almost unbelievable. You say that the next year after those were taken, you gained another 10 pounds of muscle. What exactly do you attribute those new gains to? They’re almost unbelievable considering you were both advanced and supposedly drug-free?
A: “Supposedely” drug-free? Thank you! We always take an anabolic-steroid accusation as a compliment. We totally understand the doubt, considering how tough it is to build muscle, especially 10 pounds of it. We often think of the late Mike Mentzer, former pro bodybuilder and high-intensity advocate, who often suggested imagining 10 pounds of ground hamburger piled on a table. That’s a lot of meat… [Read more…]
Q: I’m using a Positions-of-Flexion program from 3D Muscle Building. I’ve read a lot about the pro bodybuilders’ training, and I’m just not sure three exercises per muscle, as you recommend in POF, is enough. Can you help me understand why that’s sufficient for building the most mass?
A: First, realize the all pro bodybuilders use anabolic steroids. Those drugs heighten recovery and growth significantly. That means they can tolerate a lot more volume at each workout. On top of that, the pros have genetics for building muscle and recovering from work far superior to us normal mortals… [Read more…]
