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New Ideal-Only Mass Workout

Doug Brignole performing the lat pull-in exercise

Q: I know you use add-on exercises in addition to the ideal. But do you ever use only the ideal exercise and nothing else, like Doug Brignole?

A: First, I’m absolutely onboard with Doug in that his ideal exercise is the single best move for a muscle. He analyzes each one as well as all the ideal-qualifying factors in his 400-page book The Physics of Resistance Exercise (highly recommended reading). [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: ideal exercises, Old Man Young Muscle, STX, The Physics of Restance Exercise

New Ripped Muscle: The After-Fast After-Burn

Steve Holman in a smooth most muscular *before* pic compared to a lean-and-muscular side pose *after* pic

In the new Muscle-On, Belly-Gone “Diet” ebook, Steve outlines how he used 12-to-14-hour fasts a few days a week to get ripped in 10 weeks.

From mid-June to the end of August 2021, he hunkered down, muscled up, and leaned out. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: abs, anabolic, anabolic diet, before and after, diet, fat burning, free e-book, growth hormone, insulin, intermittent fasting, lean, muscle building, muscle-on belly gone, Old Man Young Muscle, ripped, ripped muscle, Steve Holman, testosterone, thyroid, vascularity

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 138: Steve Reeves’ Arm Growing Secret

Kids watching Steve Reeves do triceps extensions

Back in the 1940s and ‘50s, Steve Reeves’ physique was so well muscled with classic lines that he was chosen to be Hercules in the movies. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1940s, 1950s, bodybuilding zen, classic physique, Dr. Jose Antonio, hercules, jose antonio, Old Man Young Muscle, physique, steve reeves, stretch overload

Best Set Total to Unleash Fastest Muscle Growth

Jonathan doing leg extensions

Q: After reading your new page, I’m not sure 35-minute workouts three days a week can build muscle. Wouldn’t it take more time and more than a couple of sets per muscle to get the fastest gains possible?

A: According to Richard Winett, Ph.D., a recent joining together of experts from multiple countries looked at empirical studies and systematic reviews on muscle hypertrophy… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: hypertrophic response, IUSCA, muscle growth, muscle hypertrophy, Old Man Young Muscle, Richard Winett

Is Multi-angle Mass Training, Like POF, Obsolete?

Sissy squat finish

Q: After reading your new page, my takeaway is that the ideal exercise for each muscle is a key to more mass with shorter workouts. Does that mean your 3-exercise system [Positions of Flexion: midrange, stretch, contracted] is unnecessary? Do I only need the ideal exercise for each muscle for the best gains?

A: The full-range, 3-move approach is not obsolete by any means, as the new ebook explains.

However, each target muscle does have an ideal exercise you should emphasize for ultimate mass gains. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: Doug Brignole, full-range pof, growth stimulation, ideal exercises, Mr. America, multi-angle mass training, Old Man Young Muscle, POF, positions of flexion

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