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High-Back Mass to Look Bigger

Jonathan demonstrating retraction shrugs

Put a guy in a dress shirt, and a skinny neck is a distraction. Fisher Stevens, excellent actor who appears on “Succession,” comes to mind… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: neck, traps, upper back

New Angle for More Mass and a Beastly Back

Jonathan Lawson doing 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

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