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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 74: Mike Mentzer Beach Mass

Mike Mentzer on a beach in Australia, cropped

This impressive shot of Mike Mentzer was taken by Wayne Gallasch on a beach in Australia. It really captures Mike’s herculean mass that captivated the bodybuilding world back in the 1970s… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1970s, 1978 Mr. Universe, 1979, 1980 Mr. Olympia, Australia, beach, beach body, bodybuilding zen, fiber types, forced reps, frank zane, full-body workout, heavy duty, hypertrophy, mentzer, mike mentzer, mr. olympia, mr. universe, negatives, pre-ex 3x, protect your family, quick-start muscle building, roger schwab, self defense, stx method, stx workout, Wayne Gallasch

Negative Overload

Q: I’m using the Fat-to-Muscle Workout, and the negative-accentuated technique [one second up/six seconds down] has given me a lot of new muscle, and I’ve noticed that the excess muscle trauma you guys talk about has helped me lose a good amount of fat, too. I’m amazed! Now, however, I feel like my mass gains are slowing down. I think it’s because I’ve adapted to the negative-accentuated sets. How can I intensify them? Or should I switch to a different technique for a while?

A: Don’t drop the NA technique unless your goals have changed for your physique. If you’re still trying to lose fat as you build muscle, a set with one second up and six seconds down on every rep for every large bodypart will help you get there faster… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bullet-proof shoulders, continuous tension, fat-to-muscle workout, forced reps, goals, negative overload, negative-accentuated, negatives, pain-free, rick kaselj, shoulder pain, tension time, x-centric mass workout, x-centric training

One-Day Blast for More Mass

Ripped back on pulldowns - Shift Your Anabolic Mass Machine Into Overdrive With Progressive Speed

Q: I’m not gonna lie… I sometimes get bored with my training or just have random days when my motivation is a bit low. That makes it tough to get to the gym, but I really don’t want to skip a day because of that. What if I took random days here and there to do only one exercise for each muscle. Would that be good for growth, and how often could I do that?

A: Any deviation from the norm will shock new muscle size, especially if it’s something that challenges your growth threshold like 10×10 of only one exercise. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10x10, actin, bodyweight training, build mass, force-generation, more mass, motivation, muscle-protein synthesis, myofibrillar, myosin, negative-accentuated, negatives, sarcoplasm, slow negatives, variation, vascularity, x-centric

Fast or Slow to Grow? Here’s 2 Get-Big Tactics

Q: I had your original 10-Week Size Surge book from many years ago and just picked up the Size Surge 2.0 e-book. Thanks for revising it to include 4X training! I’m 45 now with a lot of joint damage from heavy “lifting,” if you want to call it that. So your [moderate-weight] 4X method is perfect and has me making new muscle gains. Thank you! My question concerns the “finisher” set you recommend in one of the workouts. Do you think pure-negative or negative-accentuated sets are better?

A: For the uninitiated, the Size Surge 2.0 e-book has a few new workouts compared to the original, including an alternate Phase 2 routine that’s Positions of Flexion with a few heavy sets, 4X work, AND a one-exercise mass finisher using an intensity method… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10-week Size Surge, Dr. Dimitrios Stamou, eat the fat off, fast reps, Harvard research, intensity tactics, muscle size, myofibrillar growth, negative-accentuated, negatives, pure negatives, ripped muscle, Size Surge, slow reps, slow-mo, tension time, x-celeration, x-centric

Go Slow to Grow and Burn Fat

Q: I got your Quick-Start Muscle-Building Guide because I haven’t lifted in a few years. Fantastic info and it’s already working for me. On some exercises, you suggest lifting in 3 seconds and lower in 3 to help improve nerve force for strength. I’ve seen in many of your emails that you sometimes lift in 1 second and lower in 6. Should I try that? I think you said it helps burn fat, and I would love to see my abs sooner rather than later.

A: Lifting in 1 second and lowering in 6 is what we call X-centric, or Negative-Accentuated, training. It is a great FAT BURNER as well as MUSCLE BUILDER, but you shouldn’t use it just yet (more on why in a moment).

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: atp, beginners guide, build muscle, burn fat, carbs, creatine, eccentric, energy fluid, fat burner, fat burning, fat-to-muscle, GH, glycogen, growth hormone release, metabolism, microtears, mike westerdal, mitochondria, muscle builder, muscle fibers, muscle-building, myofibrillar growth, myofibrils, negative-accentuated, negatives, protect your family, quick-start muscle building, sarcoplasm, slow negatives, slow to grow, tension time, time under tension, ultimate fat-to-muscle workout, x-centric

Muscle-On, Fat-Off Sets, Splits, and Hits

Q: I just got The Ultimate Fat-to-Muscle Workout e-book because of all the positive feedback I’ve seen. Looking over the program I notice that it’s a four-days-per-week system, but you only hit each muscle once. Is that really going to be enough work for each bodypart? I really want to lean out quickly and still build muscle.

A: If you traumatize a muscle enough, it will require several days for full recovery. And that’s one of the goals with that program…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: e-book deal, fat-off, fat-to-muscle, fat-to-muscle workout, fiber trauma, high-reps, hypertrophy, lean, lean-machine, metabolic momentum, microtears, muscle fibers, muscle trauma, muscle-on, negative-accentuated, negatives, positions of flexion, pyramids, recovery ability, remodeling, stretch overload, testosterone, testosterone replacement therapy, training split, triple-shredded combo, trt, ultimate fat-to-muscle workout, vascularity, x-centric, x-traordinary abs, x-treme lean

The Truth About Losing Fat and Gaining Muscle

Q: From all I’ve read and experienced, losing bodyfat is all about reducing calories. If you take in fewer calories than you burn every day, you lose weight; if you take in more calories than you burn each day, you gain weight. To me, that means The Ultimate Fat-to-Muscle Workout has to require reduced calories or it can’t work. But then there’s nothing left to build muscle. I’d really like to know the truth about losing fat and gaining muscle. Comments?

A: Your energy equation is exactly why the Fat-to-Muscle program works. It can create a fat-burning calorie deficit, but not by forcing you to run extra miles every day; it stokes your metabolism so you use more energy, or fat, even at rest…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bodyfat, brad pilon, build muscle, burn fat, calories, eat stop eat, energy, fat burning, fat loss, fat-to-muscle workout, gaining muscle, intermittent fasting, intermittent fasting guide, losing fat, metabolic drive, metabolic momentum, metabolism, microtears, muscle damage, muscle gains, muscle trauma, muscular growth, negatives, physique, the truth about losing fat and gaining muscle., transformation, ultimate fat-to-muscle workout, weight loss

3 Fast Fat-to-Muscle Tips to Get You Ripped

If you’re like us, you’re a little concerned. Spring is just a few weeks away and summer will be here before you can say, “Who stole my abs.” When the heat hits, you don’t want to be the victim of an ab-napping. It’s a lot more fun if you peel off your shirt that first warm day at the beach, pool, or lake and your midsection looks like acid-etched granite.

Of course, there is a downside. You have to put up with all the glares, stares, and the questions, like, “Man, how do I get ripped?” or “What workout are you on?” or “Can I touch your abs?” LOL!

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 10x10, 4X, abs, adipose, belly fat burn, burn fat, Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, cardio, drop sets, European Journal of Applied Physiology, fast fat-to-muscle tips, fat burning, fat-to-muscle, fat-to-muscle tips, fat-to-muscle workout, fiber recruitment, growth hormone, hormone trick, hormones, hypertrophy, interval cardio, microtrauma, muscle fiber recruitment, muscle microtrauma, negative-accentuated, negatives, research, ripped, self-esteem, slow-mo, steady-state cardio, testosterone, TORQ, ultimate fat-to-muscle workout, vascularity

Pure Negatives?

Q: I’m getting great results with sets using six-second negatives [on every rep of a negative-accentuated set]. I’m bigger and leaner after one month. My question is, Should I do pure negatives to get even better results since I could increase the weight? My partner can lift the weight for me, and I’ll lower slowly [six seconds] for as many reps as I can get till failure. The heavier weight should cause more trauma and better muscle gains and fat loss, right?

A: That depends on your level of training and your recovery ability (genetics). Pure negatives are extremely traumatic and should be used infrequently…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bodybuilders, bodyweight training, fat loss, fat-to-muscle workout, frank g. shellock, gains, metabolic momentum, muscle gains, muscle trauma, negative only, negative-accentuated, negatives, positive only, pure negatives, recovery ability, ultimate fat-to-muscle workout

Train to Failure? Muscle-Building Simplicity

Jonathan before, after Size Surge, and after X-Reps - Muscle-Building Simplicity

Q: I just got the Size Surge 2.0 e-book. I see the two programs Jonathan used to build 20 pounds of muscle in 2 1/2 months has him using only one or two work sets per exercise, both work sets to failure. What does “failure” mean? Did he used forced reps? Negatives? Or just stop when he could no longer get a full rep?

A: Jonathan trained alone for Phase 1, which was a three-days-a-week mass-exercise anabolic primer. That means he couldn’t do forced reps or negatives… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic primer, failure, forced reps, jonathan lawson, mass gains, muscle mass, muscle-building simplicity, negatives, Size Surge, static contraction, static hold, tension time, train to failure, X Reps, x-rep partials

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