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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 80: Ronnie Coleman’s Mind-Blowing Mass

Ronnie Coleman's back, two poses

Ronnie Coleman won the Mr. Olympia eight times, and his incredible monstrous physique set a new standard in the pro ranks. Check out the back shot on the right—striations on top of striations. Incredible… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: beyond x-rep, bodybuilding zen, bodyweight training, Jay Cutler, mass, Mr. O, mr. olympia, physique, pro bodybuilder, ronnie coleman, striations, x-only, x-only sets, x-rep-only sets

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 28: Ronnie Coleman vs. Jay Cutler

Two legendary Mr. Olympias of the past couple of decades are pictured below, Ronnie Coleman (left) and Jay Cutler (right). (Bill Comstock photo). [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: bad gas, Bill Comstock, bodybuilding zen, free pro-x-10, free probiotics, free supplements, Jay Cutler, mr. olympia, pro-x10, probiotics, protein farts, ronnie coleman, Ronnie Coleman vs. Jay Cutler

Pack On More Muscle: Are You Making This Mistake?

Jonathan doing Smith machine squats - Pack on More Muscle: Are You Making This Mistake?

Q: I’ve made the best gains of my life the past year with X Reps, going from 185 to just under 200 pounds. But my gains have stalled. You talk a lot about muscle adaptation, so I’m wondering if I’ve adapted to X Reps. Should I stop doing them for a while so I can pack on more muscle?

A: Adaptation to training techniques and even bodypart routines can happen in as few as six workouts. If you train a muscle twice a week, that means you can adapt in three to four weeks. We’ve talked about phase training, which is downshifting intensity for one week with sub-failure workouts after four to six weeks of all-out workouts. But sometimes even that’s not enough to kick-start new gains once you resume a high-intensity phase. Usually, you have to mix things up somehow…

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Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: adaption, best exercises, Beyond X, beyond x-rep, Double-X Overload, dxo, fast-twitch, jonathan lawson, mr. olympia, pack on more muscle, ronnie coleman, slow-twitch, stage sets, Steve Holman, X Reps, x spot, x-hybrid

Muscle Mass and Power With Negative Overload

Jonathan Lawson under-grip chins - Muscle Mass and Power With Negative Overload

Q: My training partner and I are arguing. He wants to start using heavy negative-only training, but I told him that your e-book [the X-centric Mass Workout] warns against it. He reads your newsletter, so please convince him that it’s not a good idea.

A: In the X-centric e-book we cited a study that showed the extreme damage caused by negative-only training (someone lifts the weight for you, and you lower slowly). Muscle recovery for some of the subjects took weeks; however, most of those subjects were untrained, so they didn’t have the cumulative capacity to handle traumatic loads. If you’ve been training for a year or more, that’s probably not your case… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 2a fibers, continuous tension, eccentric, fiber activation, mr. olympia, muscle fibers, muscle mass, muscle recovery, muscle trauma, myotatic reflex, negative overload, negative-accentuated, negative-only training, Power, pure negatives, pure-negative sets, ronnie coleman, size building, slow negative, type 2a muscle fibers, x-centric, x-centric mass workout

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

Big and Ripped Muscle: Pack-It-On!

Jay Cutler DB presses

“You gotta feel the muscle working if you want it to grow.” So say many of the biggest, freakiest bodybuilders. Trainees in search of big and ripped muscle interpret that to mean that they need to slow down their reps to a snail’s pace. Not true. Once again, it’s a case of watch, don’t ask, or you could go down the wrong road. The champs rarely do slow reps; usually they’re more like the pistons in a car engine. So what the heck do they mean by “feel the muscle?” [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: Beyond X, Double-X Overload, dxo, Jay Cutler, mr. olympia, ronnie coleman, X Reps

Analyzing Mr. Olympia’s Workout

Ronnie Coleman crazy traps
Beyond X-Rep Muscle Building E-book Excerpt Analyzing Mr. Olympia’s Workout From an X-Rep Perspective

Throughout this e-book we’ve mentioned how Ronnie Coleman, Mr. Olympia, trains with an emphasis on semistretched overload. Those observations were the result of watching his latest DVD, “The Cost of Redemption,” which is an ungodly display of muscle mass and raw strength captured by videographer Mitsuru Okabe. In fact, his mass-training style is a prime example of max-force-point overload on almost every exercise. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: beyond x-rep, calves, delts, mitsuru okabe, mr. olympia, redemption dvd, ronnie coleman, traps

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