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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

Once-a-Week Workouts and NA Training

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Q: I want to thank you for putting together the Freak-Physique e-book. What a blockbuster resource of training information and programs. I’m using the 3D Power Pyramid Program. The quote from the trainee who gained so much muscle and strength in only a few weeks using it got me stoked. My question is, I’m more of a train-each-bodypart-once-a-week guy, so can I use it that way instead of training each bodypart twice a week? If so, how should I adjust it?

A: First, you picked a great program. We get lots of positive feedback on the 3D Power Pyramid because it’s simple Positions-of-Flexion methodology but you add weight over three sets on the big midrange move (pyramid), and do only one set each of the stretch- and contracted-position exercises. It’s basically a POF strength-building workout with a big muscle-size side effect. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d power pyramid, alpha muscle, alpha-3 specialization, anabolic swelling, eccentric, endocrine system, fiber trauma, freak physique, freak-physique workout, hurts but it works, max-force generation, muscle growth, muscle size, muscle trauma, muscle-building, na training, negative-accentuated, nervous system, once-a-week workouts, POF, positions of flexion, power pyramids, recovery, specialization, strength building, systematic recovery, volume

Go Slow to Grow and Burn Fat

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Q: I got your Quick-Start Muscle-Building Guide because I haven’t lifted in a few years. Fantastic info and it’s already working for me. On some exercises, you suggest lifting in 3 seconds and lower in 3 to help improve nerve force for strength. I’ve seen in many of your emails that you sometimes lift in 1 second and lower in 6. Should I try that? I think you said it helps burn fat, and I would love to see my abs sooner rather than later.

A: Lifting in 1 second and lowering in 6 is what we call X-centric, or Negative-Accentuated, training. It is a great FAT BURNER as well as MUSCLE BUILDER, but you shouldn’t use it just yet (more on why in a moment).

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: atp, beginners guide, build muscle, burn fat, carbs, creatine, eccentric, energy fluid, fat burner, fat burning, fat-to-muscle, GH, glycogen, growth hormone release, metabolism, microtears, mike westerdal, mitochondria, muscle builder, muscle fibers, muscle-building, myofibrillar growth, myofibrils, negative-accentuated, negatives, protect your family, quick-start muscle building, sarcoplasm, slow negatives, slow to grow, tension time, time under tension, ultimate fat-to-muscle workout, x-centric

Weight confusion and muscle-growth infusion

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Q: I’m ready to start the total 4X mass program [moderate-weight, growth threshold training]. How do I know what weight to use on each exercise? Can I base it on my 8-rep max or what?

A: The 4X mass method is density training—so it’s high fatigue. Very different from standard training with longer rests, so we understand the weight confusion, but that’s why for weights you’ll have to guess…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4X, 4x mass workout, anabolic, density training, eccentric, growth threshold, home protection, intensity, mass tip, muscle burn, muscle fibers, muscle growth, myofibrillar growth, myofibrils, protect your family, sarcoplasm, sarcoplasmic expansion, weight confusion, x-centric, x-centric mass workout

Try this for a sick muscle-hypertrophy uptick

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Q: I have a hard time feeling some of my muscles working, especially short-range ones like abs. Should I go heavier, lighter, slower, or what? I know feeling the target muscle working is very important for the fastest results.

A: You can say that again. Getting in touch with the target muscle on every rep is a big key to muscle hypertrophy…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d muscle building, belly fat burn, blood-flow, eccentric, fat burning, fat loss, hypertrophic, hypertrophy, lose fat, muscle hypertrophy, negative-accentuated, nervous system, slow negatives, tension time, weight loss, x-centric, x-centric mass workout

2 Quick Ways to Jack Up Muscle Gains

Steve Holman forced rep on preacher curls, Jonathan Lawson spotting - 2 Quick Ways to Jack Up Muscle Gains
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Q: I’m reading the Beyond X-Rep Muscle Building e-book, and I noticed that you have a section on X-centric training. But it’s not the same as what you describe in my X-centric Mass Workout e-book. Is one better than the other?

A: X-centric is our X-Rep vernacular for eccentric, which is the negative stroke of an exercise; that is, the lowering of a weight, like the downward portion of a bench press. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: belly fat burn, Beyond X, beyond x-rep muscle building, eccentric, fat burning, mass building, max-force point, microtrauma, muscle size, myofibrillar expansion, myofibrils, pure negatives, sarcoplasm, tension time, X Reps, x-centric, x-centric mass workout, x-rep partials, x/pause

Muscle Mass and Power With Negative Overload

Jonathan Lawson under-grip chins - Muscle Mass and Power With Negative Overload
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Q: My training partner and I are arguing. He wants to start using heavy negative-only training, but I told him that your e-book [the X-centric Mass Workout] warns against it. He reads your newsletter, so please convince him that it’s not a good idea.

A: In the X-centric e-book we cited a study that showed the extreme damage caused by negative-only training (someone lifts the weight for you, and you lower slowly). Muscle recovery for some of the subjects took weeks; however, most of those subjects were untrained, so they didn’t have the cumulative capacity to handle traumatic loads. If you’ve been training for a year or more, that’s probably not your case… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 2a fibers, continuous tension, eccentric, fiber activation, mr. olympia, muscle fibers, muscle mass, muscle recovery, muscle trauma, myotatic reflex, negative overload, negative-accentuated, negative-only training, Power, pure negatives, pure-negative sets, ronnie coleman, size building, slow negative, type 2a muscle fibers, x-centric, x-centric mass workout

3 wicked mass tactics for new size (pain to gain)

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Q: I like the idea of training quads by doing front squats supersetted with back squats. My quads get almost a pre-ex effect from the strict fronts, then my glutes get better leverage on the backs to drive my quads for more growth. But I’m not very strong on fronts and can get a lot of reps when I immediately go to back squats after. Should I just do high reps on the back squats—say 6 on the fronts and 12-15 on the backs? [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic drive, back squats, beyond x-rep, breathing squats, dxo, eccentric, front squats, hypoxia, legs, lunges, metabolic drive, pain to gain, pre-ex, quads, squats, stage sets, x-centric

Feel It, Fry It, and Grow!

Outdoor DIps
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Q: I just got your X-centric Mass Workout. Read it through in one sitting—one of your best e-books by far. My question is, you have a number of workouts, and you always have only one X-centric set [lift in one second, lower in six]—on the last one in a sequence. Can I do more than 2 X-centric sets? And what about doing them first instead of last?

A: An X-centric set is a great way to finish off a 4X sequence. Or to do it as your last set when you’re doing standard sets so you can really feel it, fry it and grow… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4X, eccentric, fiber recruitment, Greg Zulak, innervation, muscle-building, x-centric

More Mass-Building Myths Busted (logic or looniness)

Frank Zane relaxed and aesthetic physique - More Mass-Building Myths Busted (logic or looniness)
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Q: I read where old-school bodybuilders would use lighter weights and higher reps on some exercises before competition to get more muscle detail. That’s total B.S., right?

A: On the surface, yes. But ending a bodypart with higher-rep work—or even doing entire workouts with higher rep work, enhances muscle burn. No, that’s not fat burning—at least not in a strict sense… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d muscle building, 3d pof, big basic exercises, bodybuilders, cardio, diet, eccentric, fat burning, GH, growth hormone, legs, mass-building myths, microtrauma, muscle detail, muscle fiber recruitment, muscle fibers, muscle-building, negative-accentuated, old-school, POF, positions of flexion, quads, steven j. fleck, tension time, time under tension, TORQ, William J. Kraemer, x-centric, x-centric mass workout

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