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Muscle Mash-Up: Good for Growth?

Jonathan Lawson muscle fibers illustration - Muscle Mash-Up: Good for Growth?

Q: I did all of my most recent workout with negative-accentuated sets as you suggested, and I’m very, very sore. Is that good for muscle growth?

A: Whoa! We never suggested doing an entire workout, every work set, in negative-accentuated (NA) style—that is, one second up on the positive and six seconds down on the negative. If you do all work sets that way, you will induce a lot of muscular trauma due to EXCESSIVE negative emphasis. The negative stroke induces the most soreness, so it will take many days to repair… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: biotrust, burn fat, Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, eccentric, good for growth, growth hormone, metabolism, micro tears, microtears, muscle burn, muscle growth, muscle mash-up, muscle trauma, na style, negative-accentuated, negative-style training, overtaining, sore muscles, soreness, tention time, x-centric, x-centric mass workout

Which Way is Best?

Jonathan Lawson barbell squats - Which Way is Best?

Q: I’m ready to try The Ultimate Fat-to-Muscle Workout, but you have different workouts in that e-book. The first program is four days a week, but each bodypart is worked only once each week. The second program is three days a week, but again you train each bodypart only once. Then in the Q&A chapter, you suggest using the three-days-per-week routine over four days per week [following the 3-day sequence so each muscle is hit more than once a week]. Which way is best?

A: It’s tough to answer which way is best because we don’t know the extent of your recovery ability, stress levels, experience, etc. Remember, the Fat-to-Muscle workouts have negative-accentuated sets, which do great things for a fat-to-muscle metamorphosis during microtear repair, AND heavy power pyramids, which also are very abrasive to muscle fibers. Those two factors may force the need for more recovery—like seven days. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4X, avoid overtraining, basic program, direct/indirect, fat-to-muscle workout, microtears, muscle fibers, negative-accentuated, nervous system, overtaining, power pyramids, recovery, recovery ability, stress, testosterone, volume, which way is best, x-centric mass workout

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