We love our workouts—or at least we have a love/hate relationship with them…
We like to train, but the pain to gain—torching and scorching muscles—is a teeth-clenching necessity for hypertrophy. It hurts… [Read more…]
Flip On Your Mass Switch
Q: In Old Man Young Muscle you have a Base Workout for upper body and one for lower body. Then you have a separate chapter on full-range Positions-of-Flexion [stretch-first] workouts. How often do you switch to that from the Base Workout?
A: First, in all of my workouts I emphasize the ideal exercise for each muscle… [Read more…]
Muscle Size vs. Serious Strength
In a previous newsletter I mentioned the importance of focusing on one thing in your workouts.
That’s called specificity of training. [Read more…]
Ultimate Muscle-Size Rep Range
When I’m not writing this newsletter, I’m usually working out, on a run, or answering emails—or napping from all that activity.
One common question I get is, “What’s the best rep range for building mass?” [Read more…]
1 Workout a Week for a Freak Physique?
Q: I saw a study by Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D., that showed training a muscle twice a week produced more mass gains than training a muscle once a week. I like training each muscle once a week and seem to make good gains, but I want to build mass as fast as possible. Should I switch to a different split to hit each muscle twice a week?
A: It was a “meta-analysis,” which means the researchers looked at multiple studies to come to their conclusion. Schoenfeld was one of the authors, and he is a favorite of ours because [Read more…]
Study: Double Your Muscle Growth
We harp on the Size Principle of Muscle Fiber Recruitment a lot. Why? Because it explains how to get the most muscle growth possible—in both the fast-twitch as well as slow-twitch fibers… [Read more…]
Stretch Mass or Joint Crash?
I’ve outlined why stretch-position exercises, like flyes for chest and overhead extensions for triceps, have unique hypertrophy qualities.
However, there’s no question that those moves put the joints in a more precarious position… [Read more…]
New View, More Mass
My muscle-building results in a pathetic home gym—only 50-pound PowerBlock dumbbells, an adjustable bench, and a doorway chinning bar—have people asking me this… [Read more…]
Throw Out Your Barbell
I was as shocked as anyone that at 62 I re-muscled my physique with 35-minute workouts 3 days a week. That’s why I keep saying it over and over—and my wife keeps telling me to shut the f#@# up about it. [Read more…]
Why I Do Some “Terrible” Exercises
I harp on the ideal-exercise factors and try to emphasize the moves that rank a 9 or 10 according to those outlined by Drug-Free Mr. Universe an biomechanics expert Doug Brignole; however… [Read more…]
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