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Specialize for Size with Power-Density

Jonathan doing dumbbell presses with Steve spotting

Q: I’m making my best gains ever with the Power-Density Mass Workout. I’m already up six pounds in four weeks, and I see new muscle somewhere every workout, training just about 40 minutes a session. I have a question about my lagging bodypart, shoulders. Can I add sets to the listed workout, or how should I force my shoulders to grow like my other bodyparts?

A: Most of the bodypart routines in the Basic Power-Density Mass Workout consist of only one Ultimate Exercise per muscle group. That makes for quick, simple workouts: First you pyramid the weight over three sets for max force, or Power; then you reduce the weight and attack tension, or Density with a 10×10-style sequence, but using only four sets… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: capillary bed expansion, density, endurance, fast-twitch fibers, lagging muscle, muscular force, Power, power pyramids, power-density, pre-ex, pre-exhaustion, shoulder specialization, shoulders, specialization, specialize, ultimate exercise, vascularity

Let’s Get Big

Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson dumbbell presses - Let's Get Big

Q: Right now I’m into your idea of using a basic workout to get big, so I’m using The Basic X-traordinary X-Rep Workout [pages 28-30 in that e-book]. I’ve been on it for three weeks, and I already feel bigger. I’m also stronger every time I train. Unreal results for workouts that take an hour. My question is, What can I do or add to that program for my slacker bodyparts? Like my shoulders desperately need extra roundness. Should I just add sets?

A: Simply adding sets to the existing delt workout is one way to go (but there’s another way that we like even better coming up). For example, the delt routine is dumbbell presses, and you pyramid the weight. Your reps should go 9, 7, 5-6, and on the last heaviest set you do X-Rep partials… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: basic workout, delt routine, delt specialization, density, double-drop set, drop sets, get big, gonyea, jose antonio, POF, positions of flexion, Power, power-pyramid, shoulder routine, shoulder specialization, stretch, x-rep partials, x-traordinary x-rep workout

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