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You saw a couple of examples of the new Postions-of-Flexion mass method applied to chest—without barbell bench presses, which are inefficient…
Remember, the new POF is no longer midrange + stretch + contracted; it’s now the ideal exercise + the missing positions. [Read more…]
Most bodybuilders believe that they have to prioritize barbell squats for the best and fastest thigh development. Not true…
In fact, the barbell squat is inferior to some other more biomechanically correct exercises, which trigger maximum loading and growth stimulation in all the muscles of the front thigh. [Read more…]
Q: I tried your updated version of Mike Mentzer’s quad workout. Took less than six minutes. Great, but I don’t have a machine to end with cable squats. I did barbell squats after my two sets of sissies instead. Is that my best home-gym option? I have a squat rack. [Read more…]
Yesterday I mentioned that Mentzer’s high-intensity workouts weren’t as efficient as they could’ve been due to not emphasizing the biomechanically ideal exercises as well as not applying the latest hypertrophy research (he died in 2001).
His methods could’ve been significantly better at stimulating mass with a few tweaks. Let’s review his go-to quad routine: [Read more…]
Q: I was wondering about Brignole squat [a.k.a. cable squat]. Do you think they are as good or better than sissy squats for quad mass? [Read more…]
Q: I tried the Stretch-First triceps workout that you outlined [in a previous newsletter]. The partials on the overhead stretch exercise were killer. My tri’s blew up, and I got sore. I want to try it on quads, but the ideal exercise is also a stretch [sissy squats]. Instead of stretch first and ideal second, I have to do ideal first, which is also a stretch. How should I handle that?
A: I’m not telling you. Buy the OMYM ebook for the full Stretch-First workout…Kidding…
You’re right: A few of the ideal exercises are also stretch moves—like sissy squats for quads.… [Read more…]
Q: You mentioned that Arnold never used sissy squats [a quad stretch-position exercise]. I know that Tom Platz did them a lot. Do you think that may be one reason Platz had such freaky quads? Did Arnold miss the boat? [Read more…]
After dinner, my daughter and her fiancé followed me back into my home gym… [Read more…]
My daughter and her firefighter husband-to-be were over again, grilling me about my training and theirs… [Read more…]
I mentioned sissy squats as my ideal quad exercise. Even without weight, it’s given my thighs a solid muscular look at age 62.
But since I recently purchase a cable machine, I’ve been rotating in another ideal move named after the guy who kind of invented it—biomechanics expert and Mr. Universe winner Doug Brignole… [Read more…]
