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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 285: Arnold 1974 Throwback

Franco, Arnold, Frank Zane, and Lou Ferrigno backstage at the 1974 Mr. Olympia

Panic ensues at the Fruit of the Loom fashion show when someone sets the thermostat to 45 degrees.

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 1974 Mr. Olympia, arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, Franco Columbu, frank zane, Lou Ferrigno, mr. olympia, POF, positions of flexion

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 282: Arnold: Beach Flex and Bad Jokes

Arnold wearing striped trunks and a mustache at the beach

Arnold consoles himself at the beach after being fired as a hospital Candy Striper volunteer due to a joke about candy canes.

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, POF

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 268: Arnold Stays Hungry

Bulked Arnold holding a baby

When Arnold was in a bulking phase, everything looked delicious. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold, arnold schwarzenegger, bodybuilding zen, POF, positions of flexion

Torque-Curve Training for New Muscle Mass

Steve demonstrating cross-cable pushdowns

Q: I commend you on your Positions-of-Flexion training methodology. What a logical way to completely work each muscle. It’s helped me improve my muscle size and physique considerably at age 56. Sometimes I do all positions at each workout, while other times I’ll use the split-positions approach [in Old Man Young Muscle 2]. Question: Do you switch up your exercises a lot, or do you have a core group that you always use? [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: mass building, muscle building, POF, positions of flexion, torque curve, torque-curve training

Younger = Extra Sets for More Mass?

Steve demonstrating three POF exercises for chest

Yesterday I addressed the question from a 75-year-old trainee who felt that the OMYM2 workout was too much for him… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: POF, pof workout, recovery ability, training volume, volume, young bodybuilder, young muscle

New POF Mass Method: How to Use It to Grow

Steve demonstrating the new POF moves for triceps

Q: I always get training ideas from your ebooks. The new ones are your best, IMO, and I love the workouts. Showing each one with every exercise pictured is a great help. Now I’m trying to decide between the OMYM2 workout and the new full-POF workout [in The Ultimate-Mass Exercise Guide]. Do you prefer one over the other? [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: mass method, new POF, POF, pof workouts, positions of flexion

Upper-Chest Mass Effects

Jonathan doing incline dumbbell flyes

A couple of newsletters back, I mentioned that trainees who don’t need to emphasize chest mass could delete the dumbbells flyes from this full-POF chest routine: [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: best chest exercise, chest exercises, chest workout, ideal chest exercise, POF, positions of flexion

Combo Mass Moves: Stretch + Contraction

Steve demonstrating new POF moves for chest

Q: The full POF chest routine in The Ultimate-Mass Exercise Guide [pictured below] has been giving me a deep pec ache and pump. I like it a lot, but I’m thinking that maybe it can be shortened. I feel you don’t really need dumbbell flyes because cable flyes train both stretch and contraction. Do you think using only cable presses and cable flyes is more efficient? [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: contraction, ideal chest exercise, mass moves, POF

New POF Mass Workout vs. Ideal Only

Steve demonstrating new POF moves for chest

Q: I like using all three Positions-of-Flexion exercises for each muscle [as in the New POF Workout in the Ultimate-Mass Exercise Guide]. But doing it twice a week feels like too much. Can I do full POF at one workout and then the ideal exercise only at the next? [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: ideal exercises, POF, Ultimate-Mass Exercise Guide

Stretch NOT the Magic Mass Maker?

Dorian Yates on stage with wide lats

Q: I switched to the [stretch-exercise-first] workout in Old Man, Young Muscle, and I saw immediate muscle-size increases. Why don’t bodybuilders use stretch exercises first most of the time? Or rely more on stretch exercises in their workouts? It’s working gangbusters for me. Thank you.

A: There are reasons why stretch exercises aren’t emphasized more: temporary gains. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: contracted, POF, positions of flexion, stretch

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