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Mass Acceleration and Damage Reduction, Part 2

Jonathan's arm measurement

This is the continuation of a story Arthur Jones, inventor of Nautilus machines, relayed on the subject of muscle gain, overtraining, and recovery in the February/March 1972 issue of Muscle Training Illustrated. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arthur jones, hypertrophic response, hypertrophy, mass acceleration, muscle damage, muscle gains, Muscle Training Illustrated, overtraining, recovery, Richard Winett

Mass Acceleration and Damage Reduction, Part 1

Arthur Jones shirtless with an elephant and a machine gun.

In yesterday’s newsletter I discussed muscle damage and how it can impair growth. And that damage is not just a result of too many sets; it can also be the result of excessive intensity—and many times both. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arthur jones, mass acceleration, muscle damage, muscle growth, muscle recovery, Muscle Training Illustrated, recovery

Prime the Pump and Go Anabolic

Q: I’ve seen you guys talk about Mass Finishers in the past. Is that a Positions-of-Flexion term, a special exercise, or something to do with the Pope?

A: Lol. It relates to mass—as in muscle size—and you could say that it’s a “special” exercise…

We first outlined this technique in the Size Surge 2.0 e-book—in the chapter on Mass-4X training. You do it after a full-range Position-of-Flexion bodypart routine (there’s a complete sample program there for every muscle group)…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic, anabolic sleep, build mass, fiber activation, full-range, grow while you sleep, mass acceleration, mass finishers, mass-4x, muscle size, positions of flexion, prime the pump, pure negatives, Size Surge, sleep, slow negatives, special exercise, speed reps, speed sets, steroids, strength, x-centric

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