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Old School, New Arm Muscle Size

Steve Holman doing hammer curls - Old School, New Muscle Arm Size

Q: I’m 55, so I appreciate that you have sections in Anabolic Reload and Stretch Overload for us old guys. My plan is to use the Pure-Positions Workout in Stretch Overload first for a few months, as it is slightly less traumatic. I like an all-isolation “contracted-position” day, all-midrange day, and an all-stretch day. My question is about no direct arm work on Wednesday, the all-midrange workout. I understand that the big exercises for chest and back train arms on that day, but my arms are a weak point. Can I add an exercise for bi’s and tri’s for more arm size?

A: Questions like this confirm our suspicions that many trainees get our ebooks and go right to the workouts—most don’t read the chapter text that goes with it… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arm size, arm training, big arms, freak-physique workout, pure-positions, pure-positions stx, stretch overload

New Triple-Hit Anabolic-Shift Workout

Q: You’ve shown that your 3 Positions of Flexion for each muscle align with Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D.’s 3 hypertrophy triggers. That’s very cool, and I’m wondering if I could just split the 3 POF exercises for each muscle over three workouts, like Monday, all midrange work; Wednesday, all contracted; and Friday, all stretch?

A: That’s a great idea and it’s exactly how we’ve been training for a while now… Spoiler alert: Quick workouts, unreal gains! [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: Brad Schoenfeld, dxo, freak physique, freak-physique workout, jonathan lawson, mechanical tension, metabolic stress, microtears, POF, pure-positions stx, Steve Holman, stretch overload, STX, t/nt

4-Week Freak-Physique Workout (NEW E-book!)

If you’re like us, you’re always in search of the perfect mass-building workout. Even if you had huge gains for just a single month – 30 days of unbridled muscle hypertrophy — you could radically change your appearance and have people’s jaws dropping… 

What would it take? To get on the big-gain train, you need to apply the latest hypertrophy research…  [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4-week workout, anabolic reload, freak-physique workout, new e-book

Sore Muscles for More Mass?

Q: I get sore muscles after almost every workout, and then I’m still sore the next time I go to the gym. Is it bad to train a muscle when it’s still sore?

A: Scientists believe that sore muscles are caused by micro-tears in the fibers. In other words, it’s damage. Training a muscle hard while it’s still sore is like scratching the scab off of a wound before it’s completely healed. It impairs the healing process and can cause damage that retards proper recovery.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: fascia expansion, freak-physique workout, glycogen storage, heavy/light, micro tears, microtears, microtrauma, more mass, muscle glycogen, muscle soreness, recovery, sore muscles, stretch overload, stretch-overload workout, traumatic/non-traumatic, x-rep update

Detail Your Delts

Jonathan Lawson incline lateral raise - Detail Your Delts

Q: I’m having trouble with the incline one-arm lateral raise [stretch-position delt exercise]. I tend to lose my balance when I’m on my side on the incline bench, and I can’t feel my center-delt head working. Any suggestions?

A: It does take some jostling and positioning to get set on the incline bench for incline one-arm lateral raises—but it’s worth the time to get it right since these can really help detail your delts. It was an Arnold favorite, and for good reason: It stretches the medial head as well as the posterior head, both of which add considerable roundness to your delts. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d muscle building, arnold schwarzenegger, biotrust, delt training, detail your delts, fascia expansion, freak-physique workout, incline one-arm lateral raise, POF, positions of flexion, pro-x10, probiotics, shoulder training, stretch effect, stretch overload, stretch position, stretch-overload workout

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