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Resistance Bands for the Muscleman?

Man doing band chest press

Lately, I’ve been harping on the perfect resistance curve, mostly because I know the key ideal-exercise factors create efficiency of effort in the gym to build muscle quickly…

At my age, I don’t have time to waste with workouts longer than about 40 minutes 3 days a week. The lifetime finish line is looming… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: partials, range of motion, resistance bands, resistance curve, strength curve, X Reps

Fast-Mass One-Hit-Wonder Workout

JL 3D Biceps Exercises - Triple-Hit Anabolic Reload

Q: Now that summer is coming to an end soon, my motivation to train is going down. Is there any way I can build muscle going to the gym two or three times a week? Like, is there a program you can recommend with just one exercise per bodypart that will keep me building muscle without taking hours in the gym?

A: We’re all about efficiency-of-effort muscle building, so you’ve come to the right place for fast-mass workouts, and many of our newest programs are just three days a week.

Most of the time, we preach multi-angular training (Positions of Flexion). That is, using a big midrange exercise followed by a stretch-position exercise and ending with a contracted-position move. That ramps up growth stimulation along three different pathways: max force (midrange), stretch overload (stretch), and occlusion/tension (contracted)… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic pathway, bodyweight training, efficiency-of-effort, fast mass, fast-mass workout, growth stimulation, max force, motivation, muscle-protein synthesis, occlusion, one-hit-wonder workout, partials, positions of flexion, stretch overload, tension, x-rep partials

X Reps and the Fat-to-Muscle Hustle

Q: I read your last e-zine on fat-to-muscle tips with great interest. I added your recommendations to my training immediately. My question is, What about X Reps? Do they help? Should I add those in as well?

A: Yes, X Reps are excellent for a faster fat-to-muscle hustle. For the uninitiated, X Reps are eight-inch partials that you add onto a set after you hit exhaustion. You do those end-of-set partials at the point on the stroke at which the target muscle is somewhat stretched—for example, near the bottom of an incline press, bench press, or chinup…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: alain gonzales, anabolic, anabolic profile, arnold schwarzenegger, athletic-aesthetic physique, bodybuilder, brad pitt, end-of-set partials, fat burning, fat-to-muscle hustle, fiber activation, fiber recruitment, fight club, forced reps, GH, growth hormone, lactic acid, muscle burn, muscle fibers, muscular, muscularity, overtraining, partials, perfect physique, physique, pro bodybuilder, tension time, Ultimate Mass Workout, X Reps, x-rep manual, x-rep partials

New Density for Muscle Immensity Workout

Jonathan most muscular - New Density for Muscle Immensity Workout

I just saw Jonathan’s new read-me page about XRX and the workout he is now using. I turned 48 and am making the best size gains of my life with the [high-rep-set-first] Reload program. Is Jonathan’s similar? Is it better? Should I switch?

The reason Jonathan put together his new after-40 workout is that he Hates—with a capital H—high reps…

While he made amazing size gains when he first went on the high-rep-set-first program outlined in [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jonathan Lawson, X Files Tagged With: 20 pounds in 10 weeks, ace-2, ace-dd, anabolic after 40, anabolic reload, anaerobic, bodyweight edition, change to gain, colakoglu, endurance gene, extended tension time, fast-twitch, heavier training, Iron Man Training and Research Center, jonathan lawson, muscle immensity, muscle size, partials, POF, positions of flexion, size gains, Steve Holman, STX, x-rep partials, x-traordinary arms, xrx

What Are Stage Sets? (Hint: They Work!)

Jonathan Lawson incline Smith machine presses with Steve Holman Spotting - What Are Stage Sets? (Hint: They Work!)

Q: I read in one of your previous articles where you mentioned that you sometimes do Stage Sets. What are Stage Sets, and is that a good mass technique for me?

A: Many years ago, even before we developed X-Rep partials, we noticed that every time we introduced Stage Sets to our workouts, we got sudden muscularity and vascularity increases—and now we know why: The technique is essentially a unique type of X overload—an intense out-of-the-blocks blast right at the max-force point where the target muscle is semi-stretched, like near the bottom of an incline press… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: Beyond X, beyond x-rep, bodybuilders, ifbb pro bodybuilders, Jay Cutler, mass building, mass techniques, mr. olympia, muscle-building, partials, pro bodybuilders, ronnie coleman, semi-stretch, stage sets, what are stage sets, x overload, x-rep partials

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