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Tips to Grow Mass Like Crazy, Part 4: Failure and Speed

This last installment on damage control will circle back to #1: training to failure, a controversial topic…

Here are the damage factors again—too much of which can derail growth… [Read more…]

Tips to Grow Mass Like Crazy, Part 3: Stretch Overload

I’ve been discussing how to mitigate the major factors that cause damage—too much of which can derail growth… [Read more…]

Tips to Grow Mass Like Crazy, Part 2: Volume

Yesterday I listed the major factors that cause damage… [Read more…]

Tips to Grow Mass Like Crazy, Part 1

Yesterday I mentioned the big secret to fast muscle growth: achieving the right stimulation-trauma balance consistently.

Your goal is to train a muscle again right after damage has been repaired and supercompensation (growth) has occurred. If you train too soon or too long after, you won’t grow much if at all. [Read more…]

Mass Illusion and Your Workouts

I thought I was going to move on to other bodybuilding subjects after my rant on aesthetics, but I was asked about my own training and physique early on compared to Jonathan’s, my co-worker at Iron Man magazine and training partner for almost 20 years. [Read more…]

Cardio Add-On for More Mass

In my discussion on cardio work yesterday, I forgot to mention a minor detail that may enhance hypertrophy…

It’s my cardio add-on, a brief stretching routine for my lower body after both of my sessions each week. [Read more…]

Change-to-Gain Mass Method #6

I’ve talked about these top-five change-to-gain methods over the past few newsletters…

1) Exercise switch
2) Altered rep speed
3) Stretch overload
4) More or less rest between sets
5) Exercise shuffle

The last one on my list is… [Read more…]

Change-to-Gain Mass Method #4

I’ve talked about these change-to-gain methods so far…

1) Exercise switch
2) Altered rep speed
3) Stretch overload

Next up is… [Read more…]

Change-to-Gain Mass Method #1

Q: In one of your newsletters last week, you said that something in your workouts has to change to stimulate new muscle growth. If I can’t get stronger in weight or reps, and I can’t add volume, how do I keep growing?

A: That’s a great question, and one that’s asked often. Let me go through a few of the ways to keep growth moving forward… [Read more…]

Mass-Building Frequency Freakout

Q: What do you think about full-body workouts? I was thinking about the ideal exercise for two sets and then one set of an add-on move. Do that for every body part at every workout. [Read more…]