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Mass Mantra #15

Steve looking bigger and leaner from intermittent fasting

Here’s another solid quote from Dr. James DiNicolantonio (follow on Instagram at @drjamesdinic): [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: cheat day, cheat meal, cheat to get ripped, Dr. James Di Nicolantonio, intermittent fasting, mass mantra

Simple Fat-Loss “Secret”

Steve in a side most muscular pose

Okay, it’s not really a secret; it’s common sense that many trainees overlook when they’re trying to get ripped…

It’s meth—kidding! It’s carb cycling, a tactic that’s worked well for me… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: carb cycling, fast fat loss, fat loss, fat loss tips, get lean, intermittent fasting, weight loss

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 199: Bruce Lee Rips a Joke

Bruce Lee looking ripped

Bruce Lee looked seriously ripped even telling a joke, like here, demonstrating how Kim Kardashian got famous. The guy at bottom left finds this particularly hilarious. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bodybuilding zen, bruce lee, intermittent fasting, ripped muscle

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 185: Bruce Lee’s Rock-Hard Abs

Bruce Lee ready to fight with ripped abs

It’s a little-known fact that Bruce Lee’s violent ventriloquist act never caught on. Many attributed its failure to the gruesome throat-chop finale, seen in this photo—and he dragged out the death gurgle way too long… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bodybuilding zen, bruce lee, ectomorph, get lean, get ripped, intermittent fasting, lose fat, lose weight, ripped

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 184: Arnold Licks His Competition and More

Arnold licking a girl on a boat

Here’s a rare photo of Arnold in contest-diet mode, suffering a hunger hallucination of a giant candy cane. Mmm. At least that’s his story—and he’s sticking to it. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, frank zane, intermittent fasting, Joe Weider, mr. olympia

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 183: Arnold’s Beach Body

Arnold holding a glass of wine and posing on the beach with a woman on his leg

A trip to the beach with Arnold was always interesting—plenty of flexing, wine, and women, who would voluntarily dust the sand off his thighs. Dangerous—this lady was seen wearing an eye-patch after this photo. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, intermittent fasting, low-carb, mr. olympia, physique

Bulking for New Muscle Mass?

Steve in three side-chest shots.

Q: I see lots of bodybuilders on the Internet bulking up in the winter and then cutting in the spring and summer. Some get downright fat in the winter. Is that a good plan to add extra muscle?

A: In my 45 years of training, I’ve done it more than a few times. And every time I felt as though I did gain more muscle—but quickly lost any extra mass during the cutting phase… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bulking, bulking up, fat loss, intermittent fasting, mass building, muscle building, weight loss

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 149: The Rock’s Giant Arms

Dwayne Johnson, or The Rock, is a good guy—humble, personable. But he can look ominous, as these photos show—walking to the gym or after cutting himself shaving. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bodybuilding zen, dwayne johnson, free ebook, intermittent fasting, the rock

New Ripped Muscle: The After-Fast After-Burn

Steve Holman in a smooth most muscular *before* pic compared to a lean-and-muscular side pose *after* pic

In the new Muscle-On, Belly-Gone “Diet” ebook, Steve outlines how he used 12-to-14-hour fasts a few days a week to get ripped in 10 weeks.

From mid-June to the end of August 2021, he hunkered down, muscled up, and leaned out. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: abs, anabolic, anabolic diet, before and after, diet, fat burning, free e-book, growth hormone, insulin, intermittent fasting, lean, muscle building, muscle-on belly gone, Old Man Young Muscle, ripped, ripped muscle, Steve Holman, testosterone, thyroid, vascularity

Train 3 Days a Week for a Bodybuilder Physique?

Big and lean bodybuilder doing seated lateral raises

Q: I have limited time to train—three days a week. I can get to the gym M-W-F, but I usually have family stuff on the weekends, so that’s it. Can I build a bodybuilder physique by training only three days a week? What program would you recommend?

A: Can you get a bodybuilder physique training only 3 days a week? That depends entirely on your genetics. We’ve known a few guys who looked like bodybuilders going to the gym zero days a week. Not kidding—lucky bastards. LOL! [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3 days a week, anabolic hormones, bodybuilder, bodybuilder physique, brad pilon, eat stop eat, fat-to-muscle, genetics, intermittent fasting, muscle immensity, myofibrillar, negative-accentuated, physique, positions of flexion, recovery, sarcoplsmic, Size Surge, x-centric

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