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Tips for More Muscle Now

Size Surge before and after 10 weeks

Q: I want to thank you both. I’m from Italy, 178 cm tall, and my weight now is 68 Kg (150 pounds). At the beginning of April, my weight was only 62 Kg (136 pounds). My increase in muscular mass, almost 15 pounds, is due to you. Before your training methods, I tried so many others, but with no results. The program that worked is the 10-week Size Surge [that Jonathan used to gain 20 pounds of muscle, listed in 3D Muscle Building]. I’d like to improve my muscle mass to 75 Kg (165 pounds), with a particular emphasis on delts, back, and forearms. I believe forearms are very important. Can you suggest anything to increase my mass? I have most of your e-books, so I can look up any method you suggest.

A: Thank you for the complimentary e-mail. We’re glad you’re making such striking progress with one of our most popular and effective workouts, the 10-week Size Surge program that Jonathan used for his transformation. His progress photos during that mass-building experiment are very motivational. Just seeing his 10-week results can program your mind to help you pack on more muscle now… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: before and after, Charles Poliquin, full-range pof, italy, more muscle, muscle now, muscular, olympic coach, positions of flexion, progress, testosterone, testosterone replacement therapy, tips, trt

Less Time, More Muscle: Cut Back to Grow Big?

Q: Most of the programs in your e-books don’t have a lot of work sets. Pro bodybuilders use a lot more volume than you recommend, and they’re obviously pretty huge and ripped. Are there any studies that prove less time in the gym is good or that show the best number of sets for a workout?

A: Too much stress, whether in relationships, in the gym, or on a bungee-jumping platform, causes cortisol to surge. Cortisol is a stress hormone that can force your body to eat muscle tissue for energy. Not good! And it lowers testosterone, which also can cause muscle loss (not to mention a lower sex drive). A study that looked at how training volume affects testosterone in men was done several years ago (Alemany, J.A., et al. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 36:S238)… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: alain gonzales, arnold, athletic-aesthetic physique, brad pitt, cortisol, cut back to grow, drug-free, elevated testosterone, freak physique, freak-physique stretch-overload workout, less time, more muscle, muscle loss, perfect physique, pro bodybuilders, ripped, stress, stress hormone, stretch overload, study, testosterone, training volume

2 Tricks to Get You Ripped—With More Muscle Too

Q: Looking in the mirror, I see that somehow I’ve gotten very fat. I go to the gym, but I guess my eating has been out of hand for too long. Is there anything I should concentrate on during my workouts to help lose the fat? I plan to do cardio after every weight workout, something you’ve suggested. I desperately want to be ripped enough to see abs!

A: First, get your diet under control. You must start eating clean—cut down the junk—and get on an anabolic-meal schedule. Your best bet will be a typical bodybuilding diet, so eat at least 25 grams of protein at six meals a day. Try to eat every two to three hours, and get some carbs too—enough to refill muscle glycogen stores, which is about 200 grams a day. If you need examples, see X-treme Lean; it contains our complete meal-by-meal diets to help you get ripped…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4x sequence, abs, anabolic diet, anabolic hormone reset, anabolic hormones, bigger, bodybuilding, Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, diet, fat burning, fat-to-muscle, GH, GH release, granite abs, growth hormone release, heavy pyramids, high-reps, lose fat, metabolism, microtears, more muscle, muscle trauma, negative-accentuated, pyramids, ripped, stronger, testosterone, triple-shredded, ultimate fat-to-muscle workout, x-traordinary abs, x-treme lean

More Muscle Mass With a Fat-Loss Blast

Overhead close-up of front squat

Q: I’ve added a lot of muscle using Pre-Ex 3X and modified pre-ex. I must commend you for coming up with it. One problem I have is with leg extensions. They hurt my knees when I do them first. Funny that squats don’t hurt me. Leg extensions are the only quad isolator. What should I do first instead?

A: We didn’t come up with pre-exhaustion. That honor goes to the late Bob Kennedy, publisher of MuscleMag…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic, beach body, bob kennedy, build muscle, burn fat, density, fat loss, fat-loss blast, fat-loss tips, front squats, GH, growth hormone, hormones, leg extensions, leg workout, mass training, metabolism, micro tears, microtears, more muscle, muscle mass, musclemag, pre-ex, pre-ex 3x, pre-exhaustion, pre-fatigue, squats, testosterone, testosterone replacement therapy, trt, x-centric

Iso-TORQ First for a Muscle-Mass Burst

Q: I’ve been using the modified pre-exhaustion method every other workout [from the Pre-Ex 3X e-book]. I’m not supersetting; I just do the isolation exercise first for a 4X sequence, then I do the compound [midrange] exercise after that with 4X. I just got your 4X Mass Workout 2.0. I really like the high-rep [TORQ] idea. What do you think about using that [30-20-15 3X sequence] on the isolation exercise for modified pre-ex?

A: We speak from experience when we say this iso-TORQ method produces a crazy pump—and you’ll feel the target muscle on the big midrange move better than ever. This is one of our favorite super-growth stimulators. Get close to failure with 30 reps, rest 45 seconds, go to failure at 20; rest 45 seconds, go to failure for 15+ reps…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3x, 4X, 4x mass workout, fat burning, fat loss, GH, growth hormone, hypertrophic response, iso-torq, modified pre-ex, more muscle, muscle fibers, muscle mass, muscle-building, pre-ex 3x, pre-exhaustion, pump, size stimulation, tension time, tension-overload repetition quantity, testosterone, testosterone replacement therapy, TORQ, trt

Eye-Popping Biceps Peak—and More Muscle on Your Physique

Q: I have X-traordinary Arms and really appreciate the “in-for-out, out-for-in” rule. My question is, because concentration curls are an “in” exercise and work the outer head, should I do those first if I want to concentrate on more biceps peak?

A: Yes, switching the order of the exercises in Positions-of-Flexion protocol can positively affect a target-muscle’s development. Biceps is a perfect example.

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic after 40, arm workout, biceps, biceps peak, biceps workout, build muscle, curls, free bonus, free e-book, genetics, guns, in for out and out for in, mass building, more muscle, mri studies, neuromuscular efficiency, physique, positions of flexion, x-traordinary arms, xrx, xrx workouts

Photos and Freakiness

Q: I saw your before and after photos from your first X-Rep year contrasted with the following year when you gained 10 more pounds of muscle [with X-hybrid techniques]. Personally, I don’t think you look better. You both look bigger, but I think your physiques are more impressive the X-Rep year.

A: Well, that’s not a question, but it’s a relevant opinion—bigger is not necessarily better. In Jonathan’s case, you are seeing his most-muscular pose, and when you gain more muscle, your physique can look more “crowded” in that pose. You could argue that his muscles are starting to look too big for his frame. Steve, on the other hand, is in a semi-relaxed pose in the X-Rep photo, and a twisting ab shot in his Beyond-X photo. He looks considerably bigger in the “after” photo, but it’s a different pose, which makes it difficult to judge.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: aesthetics, before and after photos, Beyond X, beyond x-rep muscle building, bodybuilding, freak physique, intensity techniques, more muscle, muscular, photos, physique, sleek physique, superhero physique, Ultimate Mass Workout, X Reps, x-hybrid, x-hybrid tactics, x-hybrid techniques, x-rep routine

Last-Set Shuffle to Pack On More Muscle

Forced reps on hammer curls - Last-Set Shuffle to Pack On More Muscle

Q: I like the idea of doing something different on the last set of a 4X sequence. You mentioned a drop set, and that works great. What about a heavier pure-negative set? Like on curls my partner would lift it for me, and I would lower [a heavy weight] slowly for six negative reps.

A: That depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. Pure negatives—your partner lifts the weight, and you lower in six seconds—are designed to attack the force-generating myofibrils in the muscle fibers, which means they are primarily for strength building with only minor size effects, so not really building a lot more muscle… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4X, actin, build more muscle, burn fat, drop sets, fat burning, more muscle, muscle damage, muscle fibers, muscle fullness, muscle soreness, muscle trauma, muscle-building, myofibrillar expansion, myofibrils, myosin, negative-accentuated, pack on more muscle, Power, pure-negative sets, rest/pause, sarcoplasm, sarcoplasmic expansion, size, size building, strength, strength building, tension time, testosterone, x-centric

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