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What Happened to Size Surge?

Jonathan Lawson's back, before and after

Q: I was on your newsletter list back when you guys were kicking butt at Iron Man and released the Size Surge program as an e-book, but life caught up with me and I unsubscribed for a while. You guys used to be all high about the Size Surge Workout, but since I rejoined your X team a while back, it seems like you rarely mention it anymore. What’s the deal—what happened to Size Surge? I was thinking about getting on it, but if it’s off your radar, maybe it’s no longer a good option?

A: What happened to Size Surge, you ask? Nothing… It’s still a great for most trainees during their winter mass-building phases. The 10-week program is built around big, basic exercises with plenty of power sets, muscle trauma, and lots of recovery time. That style of training works optimally when you’re not restricting calories—bad-ass bulk building at its best. [See Jonathan’s before and after photos from the first Size Surge experiment on the Size Surge page.] [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: diet, mass building, mass gaining, mass gains, size building, Size Surge, x-treme lean

Progressive-Shock Size-Surge Tips

Jonathan Lawson demonstrating midrange, stretch, and contracted positions for biceps

Q: I’m astounded by Jonathan’s Size Surge transformation in only 10 weeks. His arms got huge, and he said his gains really took off during the second phase when he started using Positions of Flexion. I was thinking that I should do POF for arms in phase 1 too. Like for biceps, he has two sets of barbell curls and two sets of concentration curls. Wouldn’t I make better gains if I did two sets of barbell curls followed by one set of incline curls [for stretch] then one set of concentration curls? That’s the same number of sets, but now it’s full-range POF. I could do the same for triceps too.

A: That sounds like a good plan—at least until you realize one reason phase 2 in the Size Surge program works so well is because the muscles get a progressive-shock size effect when you shift to full-range training for the last four weeks. In other words, you force more growth adaptation to happen when you add stretch-position exercises like incline curls for biceps and overhead extensions for triceps at week 7… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: adaption, arm exercises, arm workouts, big arms, crash course, full-range positions of flexion, hormones, jonathan lawson, phase 1, phase 2, progressive-shock, size effects, Size Surge, size surge program, testosterone, testosterone production, testosterone replacement therapy, tips, transformation, trt

Train 3 Days a Week for a Bodybuilder Physique?

Big and lean bodybuilder doing seated lateral raises

Q: I have limited time to train—three days a week. I can get to the gym M-W-F, but I usually have family stuff on the weekends, so that’s it. Can I build a bodybuilder physique by training only three days a week? What program would you recommend?

A: Can you get a bodybuilder physique training only 3 days a week? That depends entirely on your genetics. We’ve known a few guys who looked like bodybuilders going to the gym zero days a week. Not kidding—lucky bastards. LOL! [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3 days a week, anabolic hormones, bodybuilder, bodybuilder physique, brad pilon, eat stop eat, fat-to-muscle, genetics, intermittent fasting, muscle immensity, myofibrillar, negative-accentuated, physique, positions of flexion, recovery, sarcoplsmic, Size Surge, x-centric

Get-Big Tip: How to Flip the 4X Growth Switch

Q: I got The 4X Mass Workout e-book, and it’s fantastic! I tried it on arms for a few weeks, and they blew up at every workout. I measured, and I gained a quarter-inch in only three weeks. Thank you! They’d been stuck for over a year at just under 17″. I’m convinced and ready to use 4X on all bodyparts. I want to do your full-range Positions of Flexion method for each muscle, 4X on all exercises, but the POF routine in the 4X e-book is a 2-way split. I don’t think I can work legs and chest on the same day. Is there an alternative?

A: Don’t be a wuss! That’s the Phase 2 Size Surge program Jonathan used to pack on 20 pounds of muscle in 10 weeks, so suck it up and just do it…

Kidding! That 2-way split is too taxing for some trainees (not just wusses), which is one reason Jonathan provides a 3-way POF split in his Size Surge e-book (pages 55-57). Here’s how that less-taxing mass plan pans out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Blog Tagged With: 4X, big arms, eat the fat off, get big, get ripped, growth switch, Harvard research, M4X, myofibrillar growth, POF, sarcoplasmic expansion, Size Surge

Super Split for Size and Strength

Screaming deadlifts

Q: I’m a big fan of your workouts and have purchased most of your e-books. Thanks for all the advice and keep up the inspiring work! I have a 15-year-old son who’s starting to get serious about lifting. He wants to play football, so he’s looking to improve his overall size and strength.  Would you recommend your 4X Mass Workout for him? I’m trying to figure out which of your programs would be best for someone his age.

A: For football, your son will want to concentrate on building strength and power with size as an after-effect. The 4X Mass Workout is primarily for muscle mass with less of a strength emphasis… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 4x method, anabolic acceleration, anabolic drive, bad gas, biotrust, football, free probiotics, free supplements, hormones, positions of flexion, pro-x10, probiotics, size and strength, Size Surge, training for teenagers

Your Get-Big Checklist

Q: I’ve seen Jonathan’s before and after photos and read all the info [at SizeSurgeWorkout.com]. Can you give me more details on why the program works? What makes it different? I think I just need to be convinced that it’s going to work for me.

A: We don’t blame you. If you’re going to invest a full 10 weeks in a program, you want to know the mechanics of how and why it works. The Size Surge program does! It can build loads of muscle if you train hard with it, and there are a number of reasons for that. The primary one is that both phases are dominated by big compound exercises, and the workouts are designed and organized to maximize their size effects. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10-week Size Surge, 20 pounds in 10 weeks, before and after pics, boost testosterone, failure, get big, phase 1, phase 2, phase training, recovery, Size Surge, subfailure, supercompensation

New Angle for More Mass and a Beastly Back

Dumbell shrugs

Q: I’m on the Size Surge 2.0. I’m loving it! Feeling bigger already, but I have a question about shrugs. I started with dumbbell shrugs, 4X style. Then I went to barbell shrugs and got a whole new soreness in my upper back. The exercises don’t feel that different. Why did I get so sore?

A: Amazing how one little tweak to an exercise can trigger new soreness. It’s all about angle of pull and restriction vs. non-restriction. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: back workout, mike mentzer, multi-angular training, Nick Nilsson, Size Surge, sore muscles, soreness, testosterone, testosterone replacement therapy, traps, trt, upper back

New Muscle-Size Workout (1-set mass finisher)

Q: I just got the your Size Surge 2.0 e-book. Great programs and tons of motivation (Jonathan is a beast). My question is on the M4X workout you have listed with the finisher set added on. Instead of negative accentuated or pure negatives, could I do your 30-20-15 TORQ method instead? I really want to incorporate the upper hypertrophic-tension time [60-plus seconds] for more mass.

A: You could do that; BUT it’s a pretty large increase in total volume. That’s because instead of only one additional “finisher” set, you’re doing three. And instead of 7 extra reps, you’re doing 65! Quite a big difference… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: fix my shoulder pain, hypertrophic tension time, M4X, mass finisher, mass gains, muscle size, no more shoulder pain, rick kaselj, shoulder pain, Size Surge, TORQ, training split

Fast or Slow to Grow? Here’s 2 Get-Big Tactics

Q: I had your original 10-Week Size Surge book from many years ago and just picked up the Size Surge 2.0 e-book. Thanks for revising it to include 4X training! I’m 45 now with a lot of joint damage from heavy “lifting,” if you want to call it that. So your [moderate-weight] 4X method is perfect and has me making new muscle gains. Thank you! My question concerns the “finisher” set you recommend in one of the workouts. Do you think pure-negative or negative-accentuated sets are better?

A: For the uninitiated, the Size Surge 2.0 e-book has a few new workouts compared to the original, including an alternate Phase 2 routine that’s Positions of Flexion with a few heavy sets, 4X work, AND a one-exercise mass finisher using an intensity method… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10-week Size Surge, Dr. Dimitrios Stamou, eat the fat off, fast reps, Harvard research, intensity tactics, muscle size, myofibrillar growth, negative-accentuated, negatives, pure negatives, ripped muscle, Size Surge, slow reps, slow-mo, tension time, x-celeration, x-centric

Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 34: Arnold on the Beach

With the crappy weather outside, we thought a jolt of beach-body motivation was in order.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic reload, arnold, Arnold on the beach, arnold schwarzenegger, bad gas, beach body, biotrust, bodybuilding zen, classic physique, free probiotics, free supplements, free trial, john balik, motivation, pro-x10, probiotics, Size Surge, summer body, winter training

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