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Forgotten Lat-Width Move

Arnold doing Nautilus machine pullovers

Q: I have trouble feeling my lats. I’ve tried the cable pull-in, pulldowns, and pullovers. Nothing. I don’t have access to a pullover machine. It looks like the full range would be best for me, as I’m sure the lack of isolation on the others is the problem. Any suggestions?

A: The machine pullover is a full-range move that many bodybuilders feel in their lats, even though the resistance curve is not great… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: back exercises, back workout, lat exercises, lat pull-in, lat workout, pullovers

Stealth Multi-Mass Move

Illustration of pectoral/clavicular muscle fibers

Q: You include dumbbell pullovers in your Old Man, Young Muscle workouts. You won’t make your ribcage any larger, and it doesn’t seem like a very efficient exercise. What’s the point? [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: back exercises, chest exercises, lat exercises, mass moves, pullovers

Lost Method for Size and Strength Surges

Q: In a few of your recent newsletters you mentioned “postactivation.” What is that, and can I use it to build more mass?

A: With postactivation, you strategically use a continuous-tension isolation exercise, like leg extensions, to increase fiber activation and nervous system excitation on the big exercise that follows (like squats or leg presses).

Wait. Isn’t that pre-exhaustion? No, with pre-ex you superset the exercises—no rest between them—which diminishes your ability to generate force on the important compound exercise you do second.

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: belly fat burn, fiber activation, freak-physique stretch-overload workout, hormone trick, journal of strength conditioning research, lost method, occlusion, positions of flexion, pulldowns, pullovers, stiff-arm pulldowns, stretch overload, x-treme lean

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