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Mass-Machine Leg Training, Part 2

Steve demonstrating stiff-legged deadlifts with dumbbells

After dinner, my daughter and her fiancé followed me back into my home gym… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: home gym training, ideal leg exercise, leg training, leg workout

Limited-Equipment Supersets for Leg Mass

Jonathan doing sissy squats

Yesterday I went over an upper-body workout in a bare-bones home gym using Doug “Mr. Universe” Brignole’s superset method.

Keep in mind that Doug usually performs four supersets, or rounds, of two exercises back to back, with reps falling like this: 30, 20, 15, 10. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: home gym training, home gym workout, leg workout, legs, supersets

DB-only Variation for Mass Acceleration

Steve in a sleeveless shirt

Q: Old Man Young Muscle has put new muscle on me at age 49. Thank you. I don’t have cables in my home gym, so it’s perfect. I read with interest your take on Doug Brignole’s superset method. I know that you now have cables in your home gym, but do you think I could do it with only the ideal exercises listed in your ebook, no cables?

A: I don’t know what equipment you have, but I’ll assume you’ve at least got dumbbells, a bench, and a chinning bar, as I had when I wrote OMYM… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: dumbbell workout, dumbbells, home gym training, home gym workout

More Muscle: Stop making it so hard…

Steve with a belly vs. smooth and muscular vs. cut

As an older bodybuilder, there’s a silver lining—and I’m not just talking about my hair…

When you’re older, you can’t recover as quickly or easily, so you don’t have to kill yourself in the gym as often… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: before and after photos, cortisol, home gym training, home gym workout, ideal exercises, more muscle, older bodybuilder, stress hormones

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 67: Arnold Art vs Mass

A few Zens ago, we mentioned Arnold’s ability to look shockingly massive or aesthetically sculpted. See the comparison photos… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: aesthetic, anabolic accelerator, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, athletic-aesthetic physique, bodybuilding zen, genetics, home gym training, hypertrophic, mind-muscle connection, multi-angular training, muscle feel, perfect physique, quick-start muscle building

Ultimate At-Home Massive-Arm Move

Q: I have the Stretch-Overload Workout ebook, so I know how important stretch-position exercises are for mass.I’m training in a home gym with only free weights, and overhead triceps extensions are irritating my elbows. Should I just skip triceps stretch altogether to avoid injury?

A: We’ve been there, so we feel your pain. In a commercial gym, we recommend cable pushouts instead, which is facing away from an overhead cable, lunging forward and performing behind-the-head extensions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arm exercises, arm workout, elbow pain, home gym training, injury, mass building, pure-positions stx, quick-start muscle building 2.0, stretch-overload workout, triceps exercises, triceps workout

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 53: Ray Mentzer on the Beach

This most-muscular variation by Ray Mentzer on the beach may be his best condition ever. The photo is by Wayne Gallasch of GMV Productions out of Australia.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: Australia, bodybuilding zen, coronavirus, GMV Productions, home gym training, home gym workout, home training, legend & myth, mass building, master trainer, mike mentzer, Mr. America, powerblock, quick-start muscle building, ray mentzer, Texas, vince gironda, Wayne Gallasch

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 52: Bob Paris Relaxed

This standing-relaxed pic of Bob Paris is one that we cut out of an old Iron Man magazine and put up on our bulletin board for motivation… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: aesthetic, arnold, bob paris, bodybuilding zen, genetics, hercules, home gym training, iron man magazine, lean muscle, motivation, Muscle-Building Quick Start, physique, Rick Wayne, steve reeves, symmetry, testosterone boosting

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 51: Rare Arnold Pic

Here’s a rare shot of Arnold, one we can’t recall ever seeing. We’re not sure who took it, but our friend the late Gene Mozee could be the photographer, as he shot Arnold at his biggest mostly outdoors. 

In this shot, Arnold’s mass looks unreal, and his few flaws are well disguised… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: alain gonzales, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, athletic-aesthetic physique, bodybuilding zen, brad pitt, Gene Mozee, home gym training, hypertrophic, mind-muscle connection, perfect physique, pumping iron, quick-start muscle building, the oak

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