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Surprising Muscle-Killing Exercise (stop)

Jonathan Lawson home-gym lat pull downs

I’ve mentioned one of the first controversial articles by Mr. America Doug Brignole we published in Iron Man many moons ago was his “Stop the Overhead Presses.”

He slammed the exercise as not great for shoulder development and most responsible for jamming the joint into painful submission over time. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: back exercises, back workout, chin-ups, joint damage, lat exercises, lat pull-in, pull-ups, pulldowns, The Physics of Restance Exercise

Massive-Muscle Gains Without Joint Pains

Q: I’m loving the 4X Mass program, so when I’m done with it, should I, at my young age of 50, just keep doing that and increase weight when possible, or try your newer STX or XRX methods? I’m actually super intrigued by your Super-Size Crash Course, but I’m thinking there’s some serious weight involved with that, and my old-man joints probably won’t stand for that. Lol

A: The Super-Size Crash Course is NOT about lifting ultra-heavy weight. Bodybuilding protégé Jordon Williamson did use some heavy pyramid training in his 12-week plan that netted him 18 pounds of muscle when he was 18 years old, but Steve outlines variations for older trainees worried about joint pains. Like us! Lol…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 2-day intermittent fasting, 4x mass method, capillarization, downward-progression 4x, dp 4x, heavy pyramids, intermittent fasting, joint damage, joint pain, joint pains, joints, jordon williamson, modified pre-ex, muscle gains, older trainees, pre-ex, progressive-speed 4x, ps 4x, standard 4x, STX, super-size crash course, TORQ, variation, vascularity, xrx

Speed sets and muscle growth—key exercise exceptions

Behind-the-neck presses - Speed-sets muscle growth—key exercise exceptions

Q: I tried DP 4X (downward-progression 4X) on my big midrange exercise with a speed drop set after the last one. Wow, what an amazing feel and pump. I do behind-the-neck presses for delts. Can I use speed sets on those too if I’m careful?

A: You could—but you may end up needing rotator cuff surgery… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: don't do these, dormant muscle fibers, downward-progression 4x, dp 4x, growth fibers, joint damage, muscle fibers, muscle gain, muscle tension, rep cadence, rep speed, rotator cuffs, speed drop, speed sets, x-celeration sets

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