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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 47: Danny Padilla’s Mass

We featured Danny Padilla back in Zen #19, but after recently running across the gym photo below, we had to include him again. That’s because every time we see it, all we can say is, “Damn!” [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10x10, 4x method, 8x8, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, Charles Poliquin, danny padilla, density training, fat fuck, genetics, German volume training, giant killer, home gym, home training, legend & myth, mass, mass building, mr. olympia, slow-twitch fibers, symmetry, vince gironda

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 43: Arnold’s Mass

We’ve mentioned in previous newsletters how Arnold had an instinct for training every muscle from the three critical angles—midrange, stretch, and contracted, what we call POF.

And it’s why he built one of the most massive physiques of his era.

 Arnold, most muscular pose on stage

Loaded stretch exercises may have been the biggest key to his mass. Check out this quote from respected researcher Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D. on a recent stretch study [“Stretch training induces unequal adaptation in muscle fascicles and thickness in medial and lateral gatrocnemii,” Scand J Med Sci Sports, Jan 30, 2017]…

Studies in animals have shown that loaded stretch is a potent stimulus for muscle growth, most notably shown by the early work of Jose Antonio…. [But] this is the first study I’m aware to show that a relatively modest loaded stretching protocol produces significant hypertrophy in humans.

Notice the words “modest loaded stretching” and “significant hypertrophy.” Exciting stuff!

Arnold made it a point to do pain-inducing stretch-position moves for almost every muscle—like biceps…

Arnold doing incline curls

Stretch-position exercises are the most neglected in the gym because they can hurt—but they work…

It’s clear that muscle stretch is one of the 3 hypertrophy keys that you should attack for freaky muscle growth. And many researchers think stretch is the ultimate get-bigger trigger. For you, that means in the gym…

Do loaded muscle elongation for super-size stimulation! Here’s how to do it…

The Freak-Physique Stretch-Overload Workout contains mass-building research, stretch exercises for EVERY muscle plus multiple workouts supercharged with anabolic stretch, including 3D Power Pyramid (Positions of Flexion) and Pure-Positions STX (slow-twitch exhaustion). This may be the most important mass-building information you’ve ever read, and for a limited time you can add it to your mass-building library, a $19 value, for ONLY $9 HERE.

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

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


“[Arnold’s] just a fat f#@k” — say what?

Iron Man Publisher John Balik worked at Vince’s Gym in Studio City back in the ’60s. He has great memories—and funny stories—like when Arnold walked in for the first time…

“I am Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mr. Universe,” the Oak proclaimed proudly…

Vince looked up over his glasses, paused and said, “You look like just a fat f#@k to me.” And looked back down.

It brought Arnold down to earth and made him realize he needed to be more polished, more ripped, to be the greatest of all time…

And that’s what he did, winning the Mr.Olympia seven times…

We can say from experience that Vince was unique in his approach to both people and training…

We’ve got the over-300-page e-book anthology on Vince and all of his methods, and it’s a treasure trove of mass-building, physique-etching info. You’ll definitely want this in your mass-building library for sure…

–> Check out Vince Gironda: Legend & Myth HERE

It will blow your mind and blow up our muscles—everything from Train 21 Rest 7 to 10-8-6-15 to Vince’s Stone Age Nutrition to Failure vs. 60-80 and much, much more (remember, it’s over 300 pages!). 

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, Brad Schoenfeld, fat fuck, freak physique, john balik, legend & myth, physique, stretch-overload workout, STX, vince gironda, vince's gym

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 36: The Arnold Stroll

It’s winter, so many of our Zen newsletters these days are motivation oriented. One of the photos that inspired us way back was this one of Arnold walking through the streets of Venice, California… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, fat fuck, freak physique, get-bigger trigger, hypertrophy, john balik, legend & myth, motivation, physique, POF, stretch-overload workout, venice, vince gironda, vince's gym, winter motivation

Rest Between Sets Confusion

Jonathan spotting Steve for hammer curls - Build Freaky Forearms

Q: I remember reading in your newsletter not too long ago when you mentioned that the rest time between sets during a [10×10 sequence] should be 20 seconds. In the 10×10 e-book you say to use 30 seconds between sets. Is that a deliberate reduction, and if so, should I reduce my starting weight a little to accommodate the reduced rest?

A: Rest between sets during a 10×10 sequence should be anywhere from 20 to 30 seconds. Vince Gironda, famous Hollywood trainer known as the Iron Guru who trained Larry Scott for his first Mr. Olympia victory, liked to continue to gradually reduce it over many workouts till the trainee was down to only about 10 seconds of rest or less between sets. That doesn’t work for many trainees because of having a training partner… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10x10, arnold schwarzenegger, Charles Poliquin, clint eastwood, density, fat fuck, fatigue, larry scott, legend & myth, master trainer, mr. olympia, rest between sets, skin-stretching pump, training partner, vince gironda

Mass-Building Lessons From the Master Trainer

Vince Gironda lean - Carb Cycling: The key to shredding your physique (and staying leaner through winter)

Vince Gironda was the Iron Guru, a bodybuilding legend ahead of his time. Ask anyone who knew him and trained at his famous Vince’s Gym in Studio City, California, and they would say Vince was a sheer genius when it came to building muscle. (They would also say he was one of the most bombastic, outspoken S.O.B.s around–LOL!)

His most famous pupil in the bodybuilding world was the very first Mr. Olympia Larry Scott, who overcame many genetic flaws to make it to the top, thanks to Vince. The Iron Guru also trained many Hollywood stars back in the day, like Clint Eastwood, and even Arnold consulted with him and was a fan (even though Vince told Arnold that he was a “fat fuck” when he first arrived in the U.S.).

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10-8-6-15, 8x8, anabolic reload, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding legend, carb cycling, clint eastwood, density, density training, diver roper rows, fat fuck, iron guru, larry scott, mass building, master trainer, mr. olympia, stone age nutrition, train 21 rest 7, vince gironda, vince's gym

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