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Faster Workouts, No Cardio for More Mass

My daughter and her firefighter husband were over to celebrate his academy graduation to engineer—he can now drive those big red trucks. He’s getting back to training now and brought up my recent newsletter on how cardio may limit muscle growth… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: cardio, mass building, muscle building, no cardio, short rests, speed sets

Cardio Add-On for More Mass

Steve doing incline curls

In my discussion on cardio work yesterday, I forgot to mention a minor detail that may enhance hypertrophy…

It’s my cardio add-on, a brief stretching routine for my lower body after both of my sessions each week. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: add-on moves, Brad Schoenfeld, build mass, cardio, mass building, muscle building

Cardio Crapshoot

Scwinn recumbent bike

Q: You haven’t mentioned your cardio routine in a while. Are you still doing intervals on one day and steady state at the other each week? [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: cardio, Phil Campbell, Sprint 8, steady-state cardio

Cardio Muscle Mass

Sprint 8 Cardio Protocol book cover

All of my pondering and research into the leg development of sprinters and cyclists has changed my cardio… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: cardio, Chris Beardsley, interval cardio, interval sprinting, muscle mass, Phil Campbell, Sprint 8, sprints, VO2

Massive Tradeoff? Cardio vs. Muscle Size

Steve on a an exercise bike

Q: Love Old Man, Young Muscle. It’s helped me get bigger with shorter workouts. My joint pain is almost gone too. In the ebook, you mention your runs. You’re doing four miles twice a week. Don’t you think that is detracting from your muscle-building endeavors? I’ve heard cardio makes it harder to put on mass.

A: I’ve seen studies that show cardio can make it harder to build muscle, and I’ve seen others that say just the opposite—with a boost in testosterone. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: cardio, cardio myths, Chris Beardsley, muscle building, muscle size, running, testosterone

3 Fat-to-Muscle Secrets to Get You Leaner and Bigger

Jonathan Lawson's abs from X-treme Lean

Q: I always get fat over the winter. Outdoor cardio is hard to do, and I hate the treadmill. Plus, I tend to miss workouts. Three days a week is about all I can handle. Should I just do that and try to starve myself more often to stay closer to lean shape?

A: The good news is, you don’t have to do cardio to burn fat; you just have to use a few key fat-to-muscle tactics, the first of which is doing some muscle damage. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bigger, bigger and leaner, burn fat, cardio, fat burning, fat loss, fat-to-muscle, high-definition workout, home protection, leaner, muscle damage, muscle trauma, secrets, self-defense, weight loss, winter workouts, x-treme lean

Best Time for Cardio

Q: When is the best time for cardio? I’ve tried first thing in the morning before breakfast, but I felt tired and burned out by mid-morning, and my job suffered. Is right after a weight-training workout good? If so, for how many minutes? I’m trying to get lean while it’s still summer.

A: Steve interviewed two top researchers, Gabriel Wilson, M.S., and Jacob Wilson, Ph.D., and they believe cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach is HIGHLY catabolic. In other words, it wastes away your hard-earned muscle tissue. That makes sense considering you’ve been fasting for eight hours or more while you slept and your body is in the early stages of starvation. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: best time for cardio, building muscle, burn fat, burning fat, cardio, catabolic, fat burning, fat-to-muscle, Gabriel Wilson, get lean, get ripped, Jacob Wilson, lose muscle, post-workout, starvation

3 Shocking Fat-Burning Facts

Steve Holman outside

It’s the time of year when body-conscious folks are working to look their best for summer. A flat belly is great, and etched abs can really grab attention—but there’s nothing like phenomenal abdominals WITH overall muscularity and rugged rippedness.

The problem is, most people fail to even get to the first level—a flat, no-fat midsection. Why? It usually has something to do with the following 3 fat-burning facts you should be aware of. Knowing these will help you succeed in exiting the Chub Club and joining the Buff Brigade… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: abs, basal metabolic rate, beach body, biotrust p, biotrust protein, BMR, calories, carbohydrates, cardio, casein, Dr. Doug McGuff, epinephrine, fat burning, fat-burning facts, fat-to-muscle workout, free protein, get lean, get ripped, growth hormone, hormones, insulin, micellar casein, muscle glycogen, muscle microtrauma, protein, protein shakes, simple carbohydrates, steady-state cardio, summer, summer body, testosterone, weight training, whey, whey protein, x-treme lean

Get Ripped Without Cardio?!

Steve Holman post-New Year's abs in winter - Lean-and-Muscular Winter-Workout Tips

Q: I read the info on The Ultimate Fat-to-Muscle Workout page. So you’re saying I can get ripped without cardio? I seriously doubt that.

A: That’s not what we’re saying. With The Ultimate Fat-to-Muscle Workout, or using the metabolic-momentum methods from it in your current program, you can stay leaner without much cardio. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: abs, arm veins, cardio, fat-to-muscle, get ripped without cardio, metabolic momentum, ripped, vascular arms, vascularity, veiny arms

“Radical” Diet for Mass and Cuts

Steve Holman before and after - Eat Less, more Testosterone

Q: Steve’s “roller-coaster size-shreds” diet [in the Super Size Crash Course] has me rethinking my plan. The results he got with it are spectacular, but I have a few questions. He lists his two ultra-strict diet days a week, but how did he eat on the other five days? Also, how was he training, and what was his cardio schedule?

A: Yes, his results were fairly “spectacular,” as the pics below show (there are more in the e-book; apologies for the crummy old iPhone images—old man needs a new phone. Lol). These results were after about 8 weeks on the new diet. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: alain gonzales, cardio, diet, mass and cuts, metabolism, physique, ripping diet, super-size crash course

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