• Shop
  • Checkout
  • My Account

X-REP.COM

Dedicated to Your Physical Transformation

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Shop
  • X Files
    • Latest Articles
    • FAQ
    • Ezine Archive
  • Testimonials
  • Contact Us
  • Gallery

Behind-the-Neck Shoulder Safety

Behind-the-neck presses

Q: I’ve seen you guys recommend behind-the-neck pulldowns before in your newsletter as long as lighter weight and a specific range of motion is used, but you never seem to mention behind-the-neck presses. Is the behind-the-neck press not a good shoulder exercise?

A: First understand that any type of behind-the-neck move—pulldown or press—can overstress the shoulder capsule. It’s not a natural position; however, the behind-the-neck position can provide a unique angle of pull on the target fibers for new development… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: behind-the-neck presses, behind-the-neck pulldowns, bullet-proof shoulders, negative-accentuated, no more shoulder pain, rick kaselj, shoulder capsule, shoulder exercises, shoulder pain, shoulder presses, shoulder size, shoulders, slow negatives, x-centric, x-centric mass workout, x-centric method

One-Day Blast for More Mass

Ripped back on pulldowns - Shift Your Anabolic Mass Machine Into Overdrive With Progressive Speed

Q: I’m not gonna lie… I sometimes get bored with my training or just have random days when my motivation is a bit low. That makes it tough to get to the gym, but I really don’t want to skip a day because of that. What if I took random days here and there to do only one exercise for each muscle. Would that be good for growth, and how often could I do that?

A: Any deviation from the norm will shock new muscle size, especially if it’s something that challenges your growth threshold like 10×10 of only one exercise. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 10x10, actin, bodyweight training, build mass, force-generation, more mass, motivation, muscle-protein synthesis, myofibrillar, myosin, negative-accentuated, negatives, sarcoplasm, slow negatives, variation, vascularity, x-centric

Etch In Your Abs as You Pack On Muscle

Q: I just got Jonathan’s Size Surge e-book, and it looks great. I’m ready to try it. My problem is that I still need to lose some fat. I also have the X-centric Mass Workout, and that e-book says that negative-accentuated sets can help get rid of bodyfat. Can I do the Size Surge program, but instead of 2 all-out sets per exercise, do one of those sets in NA style for more fat burning? I really want to see my abs.

A: For those not familiar, negative-accentuated sets have you use one second on the positive stroke and six seconds on the negative. So on bench presses, you would lower to your chest in six seconds, then fire the bar off your chest to the arm’s-extended position in one second… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: abs, belly fat burn, burn fat, calories, etch in your abs, etched abs, fat loss, guidelines, hormone trick, muscle microtrauma, negative-accentuated, recovery, Size Surge, slow negatives, testosterone, x-centric mass workout

Mass Tip: Change each set to fire your size-building jets

Jonathan Lawson concentration curl with support - Muscle Tension, Fiber Trauma, and Extreme Hypertrophy

Do you do every set the same way? You know, same rep tempo, same hand spacing same rest between sets?

Our motto is “change to gain” because it takes something unique to add more mass to your physique. Here’s a good example of making a change on each set. On seated biceps concentration curls…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic, arnold, arthur jones, belly fat burn, biceps, change each set, change to gain, concentration curls, extreme hypertrophy, fat burning, fat-burning furnace, fiber remodeling, hormone trick, mass building, mass tip, muscle fibers, muscle-building, nautilus machines, peak contraction, physique, rep speed, rep tempo, size building, slow negatives, supination, vascularity, x-centric sets

Prime the Pump and Go Anabolic

Q: I’ve seen you guys talk about Mass Finishers in the past. Is that a Positions-of-Flexion term, a special exercise, or something to do with the Pope?

A: Lol. It relates to mass—as in muscle size—and you could say that it’s a “special” exercise…

We first outlined this technique in the Size Surge 2.0 e-book—in the chapter on Mass-4X training. You do it after a full-range Position-of-Flexion bodypart routine (there’s a complete sample program there for every muscle group)…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic, anabolic sleep, build mass, fiber activation, full-range, grow while you sleep, mass acceleration, mass finishers, mass-4x, muscle size, positions of flexion, prime the pump, pure negatives, Size Surge, sleep, slow negatives, special exercise, speed reps, speed sets, steroids, strength, x-centric

Try These 3 Wicked Mass Tactics for New Size Now

Overhead close-up of front squat

Q: I like the idea of training quads by doing front squats supersetted with back squats. My quads get almost a pre-ex effect from the strict fronts, then my glutes get better leverage on the backs to drive my quads for more growth. But I’m not very strong on fronts and can get a lot of reps when I immediately go to back squats after. Should I just do high reps on the back squats—say 6 on the fronts and 12-15 on the backs?

A: Definitely an option—if you don’t get too breathless. When training quads with higher reps, the lungs often fail before the target muscles. That’s a problem, to a degree…

You do want the breathlessness, as that’s hypoxia that can boost metabolic/anabolic drive for new size. Here are a few other options…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic drive, back squats, belly fat burn, Beyond X, beyond x-rep muscle building, dxo, fat loss, front squats, glutes, hormone trick, hypoxia, leg workout, legs workout, mass tactics, metabolic drive, new size, physique, quads, slow negatives, stage sets, x-centric

Top 5 Fat-Loss Blast-Off Tips

Jonathan Lawson Abs and Delts - Key Muscle-Size Exercise for Shocking Shoulders

It’s not easy getting lean—at least for most people—which is why fast fat loss is always a hot topic. Most of you reading this probably want to uncover your abs sooner rather than later…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: alcohol, beers, biotrust, blood sugar, calorie reduction, calories, cardio, cocktails, diet, fat burning, fat cells, fat loss, fat-loss tips, fat-to-muscle workout, free protein, GH, growth hormone, lean, low-carb protein, metabolism, muscle burn, negative-accentuated, nutritoin, occlusion, physique, post-workout, ripped, slow negatives, sugar, top 5 fat loss, weight loss, x-traordinary abs, x-treme lean, zig-zagging calories

Look Bigger With NA Workouts

Q: I’ve been using the Ultimate Fat-to-Muscle Workout, and getting fantastic results. My muscles have become more defined, so I look bigger, yet my bodyweight is the same. I’ve read your Power-Density e-program as well, and it makes a lot of sense. My question is, Do you think the negative-accentuated fat-to-muscle method is good for Density? Maybe that’s why it’s working so well after my heavy sets.

A: The bodybuilding truism is, Lose that last 10 pounds of fat and look 20 pounds bigger. That is, a more defined physique creates the illusion of size—and that’s what you’ve done. Here are pics of Jonathan’s back, which looks much bigger in the second more ripped photo, but he actually weighs a little less…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: burn fat, density, fat burning, fat-to-muscle, look big, look bigger, metabolic momentum, muscle fibers, muscle loss, muscle microtrauma, muscle recovery, muscularity, na training, negative-accentuated, overtraining, Power, power and density, power-density workout, slow negatives, testosterone, testosterone replacement therapy trt, ultimate fat-to-muscle workout

6 Ways to Get Bigger Right Now

Q: I just want to get bigger as quickly as possible? I’d settle for looking like your before pictures at the X-Rep site. I’m working out four days a week on a basic routine with mostly compound exercises. Do you have any tips on ways to get bigger right now?

A: It takes time to pack on mass; however, most trainees can do better than they’re doing and double or perhaps triple their progress. Here are 6 ways to get bigger “right now.”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 20 pounds of muscle, 2a fibers, 6 ways to get bigger, amino acids, anabolic, arnold, beyond x-rep muscle building, bodybuilders, burnout sets, catabolic, density, endurance, European Journal of Applied Physiology, fiber activation, grow while you sleep, growth fiber activation, low-carb protein, mass building, Power, protein, rep temp, slow negatives, Ultimate Mass Workout, Ultimate Power-Density Mass Workout, ways to get bigger, X Reps, x-rep partials

Once-a-Week Workouts

Q: I’ve tried training each bodypart once a week, but it doesn’t seem to work for me. I’ve read about guys making that sort of program work and making great gains. Maybe I’m just not working hard enough to require that much recovery time? Any suggestions on how to make once-a-week workouts work?

A: We’ve done a lot of research and experimentation over the years, and although our first attempts at once-a-week workouts didn’t produce muscle gains, we believe we’ve discovered a simple way to make it work—more fiber trauma.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: anabolic response, fiber trauma, freak-physique stretch-overload workout, freak-physique workout, gains, microtears, midrange, muscle fibers, muscle gains, muscle soreness, negative-accentuated, once-a-week, once-a-week workouts, power pyramids, recovery, slow negatives, stretch position, tension time, testosterone, testosterone replacement therapy, trt, X Reps

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

:: Get the latest news and specials :: Sign Up for our Ezine!

Shopping Cart

Number of items in cart: 0

  • Your cart is empty.
  • Total: $0.00
  • Checkout

  • Login / My Account

Copyright © 2021 · X-Rep.com