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Exercise Change for New Muscle Gains?

Jonathan doing sissy squats

In the last newsletter, I mentioned that Positions-of-Flexion workouts train all of a muscle’s torque curves…

By applying POF, you efficiently and completely stimulate the target for maximum growth from “all the angles” necessary… [Read more…]

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Small Change, Bigger Gains

Steve's home gym setup and a pic using it for cable curls

One of the most common questions I get about my own training is, “How can you build your physique in only 35 minutes three days a week?”

There are two main reasons my workouts don’t take long—although some are [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: change to gain, home gym, home gym training, home gym workout, short rests, shorter workouts

My Mistake: Change-to-Gain Mass Omission

Jonathan Lawson overhead DB triceps extensions top - Speed-Stretch for Ultimate Mass?

In my excitement putting together my list of change-to-gain tactics, I left out a key one—probably because I only use it about once a month…

I meant to include it within #1, exercise switch, because it is just that—although more of an exercise shuffle… [Read more…]

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Your Strength, Genetics, and Change to Gain

Mike Mentzer at age 19 vs 29

I’ve touched on the top-six change-to-gain methods below over the past few newsletters…

1) Exercise switch
2) Altered rep speed
3) Stretch overload
4) More or less rest between sets
5) Exercise shuffle
6) Rep-range change

[Read more…]

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Change-to-Gain Mass Method #6

Steve doing Smith machine squats, Jonathan spotting

I’ve talked about these top-five change-to-gain methods over the past few newsletters…

1) Exercise switch
2) Altered rep speed
3) Stretch overload
4) More or less rest between sets
5) Exercise shuffle

The last one on my list is… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: change to gain, heavy weights, high reps, low reps, mass building, mass methods, muscle building, rep range

Change-to-Gain Mass Method #5

Here are our change-to-gain methods so far…

1) Exercise switch
2) Altered rep speed
3) Stretch overload
4) More or less rest between sets

Next is… [Read more…]

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Change-to-Gain Mass Method #4

Steve posing in the studio mirror

I’ve talked about these change-to-gain methods so far…

1) Exercise switch
2) Altered rep speed
3) Stretch overload

Next up is… [Read more…]

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Change-to-Gain Mass Method #3

Ronnie Coleman shrugs

I’ve talked about these change-to-gain methods so far…

1) Exercise switch
2) Altered rep speed

Next on my list is… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: change to gain, double-x overloads, dxo, eccentric, mass gaining, mass method, muscle gaining, speed reps, stretch-pause, x-centric, x-reps

Change-to-Gain Mass Method #2

Jonathan doing speed reps on cable curls

Yesterday I mentioned that once your strength gains tail off, another way to achieve change for new hypertrophy gains is to switch exercises…

That switch is easier with add-on exercises, as there are many—not so much with the ideal moves. Still, with a cable set-up, it can be done, such as going from [Read more…]

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Change-to-Gain Mass Method #1

Steve demonstrating dumbbell decline presses and cable chest presses

Q: In one of your newsletters last week, you said that something in your workouts has to change to stimulate new muscle growth. If I can’t get stronger in weight or reps, and I can’t add volume, how do I keep growing?

A: That’s a great question, and one that’s asked often. Let me go through a few of the ways to keep growth moving forward… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: change to gain, mass building, mass method, muscle building

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