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This Will Blow Your Mind: 2X Muscle Growth

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

I’ve been reporting on Doug “Mr. America & Mr. Universe” Brignole’s latest training in which he does four sets per muscle on only one ideal exercise. His reps are: 30, 20, 15, 10.

He said that his muscle growth has been spectacular by training each muscle twice a week, four sets per workout. In fact, his gains have been so stellar, he’s thinking about coming out of retirement and competing again at age 63… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: drug-free, European Journal of Sports Science, jerry brainum, journal of applied physiology, muscle growth

Why Your Growth is Slow—and How to Make it Explode

Muscle fiber growth illustration

Q: I pound away at my workouts, but I’ve only gained about three pounds of muscle in nine months. I’ve gotten stronger, but where’s the size?! I don’t know what to do. I add weight to my exercises whenever I can, but that doesn’t seem to help. I want big, full muscles that will fill out my T-shirts.

A: Are you doing your work sets in the eight-to-10 rep range? Are you resting about 2 minutes between sets? Are your sets lasting about 25 seconds? Are you doing that on all of your exercises? If so, THAT’S WHY YOU’RE NOT GROWING. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 2a fibers, actin-myosin strands, atp, belly fat burn, bodybuilders, dual-capacity fibers, European Journal of Applied Physiology, explode, glycogen, high reps, jerry brainum, miracle fix, mitochondria, muscle growth, muscle pump, muscle size, myofibrillar, myofibrils, sarcoplasm, sarcoplasmic expansion, size, slow to grow, slow-mo, speed reps, strength

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 44: Jim Haislop’s Proportion

We featured Jim Haislop, 1968 Mr. America, way back in Zen 8. We recently ran across this shot of him, and all we can say is, Whoa! [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bodybuilder, bodybuilding zen, Doug Brignole, fast-twitch fibers, frank rich, heavy-light, hypertrophy, jerry brainum, Jim Haislop, massthetic arms, Mr. America, physique, power-density, slow-twitch fibers, symmetry, vascular arms, vascularity, veiny arms

Rep Speed on 10×10 Sets

Q: I have two questions. I’m using The Ultimate 10×10 Mass Workout, one [Ultimate] exercise per muscle. Killer results so far, with 40-minute workouts, but I was wondering what should I use as my rep speed on 10×10 sets? Also, is there anything I can take so I tolerate the burn a little better? I think I could make even faster gains if I could push further past the insane burn to get at more fibers.

A: Our former colleague, the late olympic coach Charles Poliquin, said that one of the most underused get-bigger triggers is rep-tempo change, or cadence manipulation. Since you’re only doing one exercise for each muscle, we suggest you vary the cadence throughout the 10×10 sequence… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10x10, belly fatt, beta-alanine, blood flow hack, blood-flow, burn, Charles Poliquin, fast-twitch, iso abs, jerry brainum, joints, lactic acid, mass gains, miracle fix, muscle tension, pain threshold, rep cadence, rep speed, rep speed on 10x10, ultimate 10x10 mass workout

More Outer Quad Sweep

Jonathan Lawson squatting

Q: I need more outer quad sweep. A guy at the gym told me to use a narrow stance on squats, but that feels a bit unnatural to me. Will that actually help build the outer quads?

A: We asked our colleague and research maven Jerry Brainum about developing outer quad sweep before. Here’s what he had to say… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bodybuilding, Dr. Dimitrios Stamou, fat loss, Harvard research, jerry brainum, leg exercises, leg workout, legs, Lou Ferrigno, mass boosting, mri studies, outer quad sweep, pumping iron, quad sweep, quads, ripped, ripped muscle, shed fat, squat stance, squats, thighs, ultimate exercises, Ultimate Mass Workout

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 8: Jim Haislop, Mr. America

Jim Haislop won the Mr. America in 1968. His incredible symmetry, proportion, and size had many bodybuilding experts proclaiming him one of the best bodybuilders ever, even better than Steve Reeves and Reg Park.

When he competed at 5’11”, he weighed in at around 210 pounds with a 32” waist and true 19” arms…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1968, aesthetic, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bad gas, biotrust, bodybuilders, bodybuilding zen, bodybuilding zen 8, Doug Brignole, endurance fibers, fast-twitch, fiber types, Franco, Franco Columbu, free probiotics, gas, heavy/light, hypertrophy, jerry brainum, Jim Haislop, Johnny Bravo, Mr. America, muscle mass, muscle size, power-density, power-density mass workout, pro-x10, probiotics, proportions, protein farts, Reg Park, slow-twitch, steve reeves, Super TORQ, symmetry, type-1 fibers, Ultimate Power-Density Mass Workout

Eye-Popping Muscle Detail with High Reps?

Q: I heard that you guys prescribe high-rep sets to etch in muscle cuts. That’s wrong. I’m a certified personal trainer, and I learned that high reps do not make a muscle more defined. You can only do that with diet to thin your skin.

A: You’re correct that higher-rep sets don’t “etch in muscle cuts” per se; however, as we discuss in our Fat-to-Muscle e-book, high-rep sets, 15 to 20, do heighten muscle burn, and that lactic acid surge can increase growth hormone output. [Can J App Phys. 22:244-255. 1997.] GH has been shown in research studies to be an extremely potent fat burner. In other words, it thins the skin by reducing subcutaneous fat—and that eventually gives you more muscle detail.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic, anabolic hormones, belly fat burn, blood-flow, bodybuilders, bodyfat, burn fat, Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, capillary bed expansoin, continuous tension, fast-twitch, fat burning, fat loss, fat-to-muscle, fat-to-muscle workout, fiber splitting, full range of motion, growth hormone, high-rep sets, high-reps, igf-1, insulin, insulin-like growth factor, jerry brainum, lactic acid, lean, lose fat, max force, mechano-growth factor, metabolism, mitochondria, muscle burn, muscle detail, muscle growth, muscular growth, occlusion, POF, positions of flexion, rep range, ripped, spot reduction, stretch overload

Stretch Overload Results

Q: In the first chapter of the Freak-Physique Stretch-Overload Workout e-book [The Latest Stretch-Overload Research] you mention the animal study that produced a 300 percent muscle mass increase after one month of stretch loading. That is incredible, but are there any other studies that show stretch overload results?

A: When it comes to stretch-induced muscle growth, we always mention that particular animal study because it’s the most impressive—triple sizing a muscle after a month’s worth of stretch-overload “workouts” is phenomenal! And it shows the importance of stretch-position exercises for triggering extreme muscle size quickly. Stretch overload results can be pretty phenomenal.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d pof, anabolic acceleration, animal study, belly fat burn, bird study, contractile velocity, fat loss, force-generation, freak physique, hypertrophy, jerry brainum, lean mass, mini-x reps, muscle growth, muscle mass, myoblast proliferation, POF, positions of flexion, Power, research study, strength, strenth, stretch hold, stretch overload, stretch overload results, stretch-overload workout, weight loss, X Reps

Anabolic Fasting + Shredded-Muscle After-Effects (pics inside)

Intermittent Fasting is all the rage right now and for good reason—it works! Even jacked movie stars like The Rock, Terry Cruz, and Hugh Jackman use it for shredded muscle.

We’ve used it off and on for years. Check out Steve’s initial results, which were spectacular—and he’s in his 50s…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic, anabolic diet, anabolic fasting, anabolic response, anti-aging, before and after photos, blood glucose, bodybuilders, brad pilon, dieting, dr. michael mosley, eat stop eat, fasting, fat burning, GH, glucose, growth hormone, hugh jackman, if, immune system, insulin, intermittent fasting, jerry brainum, journal of applied physiology, leptin, metabolic adaptions, metabolism, muscle fullness, muscle-building, physique, protein synthesis, shredded, shredded muscle, Steve Holman, terry cruz, testosterone, the rock, webber

Anabolic Hormone Reset for Fast Freak Physique Results

Shaun Hdsall before and after intermittent fasting - Anabolic Hormone Reset for Fast Freak Physique Results

We’ve discussed our “iFast” method for simultaneous hypertrophy and fat loss (yes, it is possible)…

It’s basically a 12-hour protocol done only two non-consecutive days during the week…

We were apprehensive at first, but it works. Here are Steve’s results—and he’s in his 50s… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 24-hour hormone reset, add fasting, anabolic, anabolic hormone, anabolic response, build muscle, catabolic, dr. michael mosley, fasting, fat loss, freak physique, GH, glycogen, growth hormone, hormone reset, hormones, hypertrophy, iFast, intermittent fasting, jerry brainum, journal of applied physiology, lose muscle, melt fat, metabolic adaptions, muscle-protein synthesis, over-40, post-exercise feedings, shaun hadsall, slow aging, steve's results, testosterone, the rock, urea nitrogen, webber, weight loss

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