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Can I Train Each Muscle Once a Week for Mass?

Steve and Jonathan flexing

Q: I have two questions. First, the photo from your 2005 using X-Reps and [Double-X Overload] is impressive for an ecto. How much did you weigh? Second question: Many bodybuilders in the gym train each muscle only once a week. Do you think that’s a good way to train if I increase my sets?

A: If I remember correctly, I weighed right around 190 in 2004, Jonathan was just under 200. The following year, adding DXO to our X-Rep workouts, I clocked in at 195, and Jonathan was 205. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: Brad Schoenfeld, Double-X Overload, dxo, once-a-week, research study, Richard Winett, study

Mass Acceleration and Damage Reduction, Part 2

Jonathan's arm measurement

This is the continuation of a story Arthur Jones, inventor of Nautilus machines, relayed on the subject of muscle gain, overtraining, and recovery in the February/March 1972 issue of Muscle Training Illustrated. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arthur jones, hypertrophic response, hypertrophy, mass acceleration, muscle damage, muscle gains, Muscle Training Illustrated, overtraining, recovery, Richard Winett

10 Sets a Week for a Massive Physique?

Jonathan doing one-arm cable curl

I want to revisit something I called attention to in a past newsletter: the volume threshold for muscle growth. To review…

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: Charles Poliquin, hypertrophic response, hypertrophy method, massive physique, Richard Winett, training volume

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

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