muscle gains Archives

Best Way to Train for Mass?

Q: The way you describe STX [a higher-rep set followed closely by a Speed Set] makes a lot of sense. But is it the best way to train for mass, or is it just the way you prefer to train? [Read more…]

2-Stage Mass-Contraction Reaction

You want efficiency of effort at every workout—the biggest mass-building bang from each set. Here’s a review of how to get maximum gain from minimal sets… [Read more…]

Unreal 5-Week-Muscle-Gain Photos

Yesterday I mentioned X-Reps, and that the growth spurt is real… [Read more…]

Unreal 5-Week Muscle Gains

Q: Excellent new ebooks. Your story about X-Reps and the gains you made in five weeks back in the day got me excited enough to try them. I didn’t realize what I was missing. I really feel those exercises working much better, and I’m already seeing results. Do you think the effectiveness of X-Reps will fade after a while? You mentioned [in the ebook] that it could be why you stopped doing them years ago. [Read more…]

Small Details for Massive Gains

Q: I read Old Man Young Muscle 2 in one sitting. Amazing information. I’ve paged through the Exercise Guide, too. Great work. I’ll read that in full this weekend. The [new] Positions-of-Flexion stuff in it got my attention, so I’m excited. I did look at the triceps exercises closely because that’s a lagging muscle for me. Do you think the cross-cable pushdowns are better than dumbbell kickbacks for the contracted position? I’m desperate for more arm thickness. [Read more…]

Muscle Gainer, Sore Loser

In the last training newsletter, we discussed muscle soreness, damage, and how it can prolong recovery and even stall growth. [Read more…]

F the Details—Shut Up and Train?

You may have seen some bodybuilders say to stop analyzing your workouts—just do plenty of sets on the big exercises, and you’ll grow.

That may work if you’re young and/or on anabolic drugs. But as you age, you must get more analytical to continue making progress as well as avoid injury… [Read more…]

Mass Mantra #39

Here’s another quote from former pro bodybuilder Mike Mentzer that’s especially pertinent today… [Read more…]

Mass Mantra #26

Here’s a quote from one of the most respected hypertrophy researchers today, Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D.… [Read more…]

Failure Training and Faster Mass Gains

Q: I feel as though I need to train all of my sets to failure to get a good muscle-building workout. In Old Man Young Muscle, you take all of your sets to failure, but you’ve backed off of that. Why? [Read more…]