IRON MAN E-Zine: Issue #598: Major Mass: Moderate Weights and First-T-Burst Training

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IRON MAN E-Zine: Issue #598:
Major Mass: Moderate Weights and First-T-Burst Training

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Major Mass: Moderate Weights and First-T-Burst Training

Q: You mentioned Jonathan’s Size Surge program as a major mass builder for winter [or whenever]. You said to use it with straight sets and regular rests [as listed in that SS e-book] or to use it with 4X mass sequences. Couldn’t you mix it up and do both at the same time, like two heavy sets on the big exercise followed by 4X on the more isolated move for each muscle group?

A: Absolutely–and there’s an excellent simple rotation with that heavy-sets-plus-4X mix. Before we get to that, here’s the Size Surge Phase 1 split:

Monday: Quads, Hams, Chest, Back, Delts
Wednesday: Deadlifts, Calves, Arms, Abs
Friday: Quads, Hams, Calves, Chest, Back, Delts

You only do two exercises for each muscle, one to two all-out sets for both. Instead of that you would do something like this on Monday (this is for delts, but you would do this sets/rep scheme for all bodyparts)…

Dumbbell presses (heavy), 2 x 7-9
Dumbbell upright rows (4X), 4 x 10

Then when you train delts again on Friday you could reverse it…

Dumbbell presses (4X), 4 x 10
Dumbbell upright rows (heavy), 2 x 7-9

You could use that 4X flip-flop on every bodypart. Simple but effective mass building, with myofibrillar growth, the force-generating actin-myosin strands in muscle fibers, as well as sarcoplasmic expansion, the energy fluid in those fibers…

Remember, 4X is picking a weight with which you can get 15 reps, but you only do 10; rest 30 to 40 seconds, then do 10 more–and so on. On the fourth set you go all out, and if you get 10, add weight to that exercise at your next workout.

Incidentally, with the SS Phase 1 program you get the First-T-Burst mass-training benefits we’ve talked about. Research shows that doing squats or deadlifts first at each workout increases testosterone in your bloodstream, which has significant anabolic effects on the muscles you train after. You get that BIG T burst on Monday and Friday with squats first; on Wednesday it’s T-burst deadlifts first.

Research also shows that your sets on those big moves DO NOT have to be all out to get a testosterone burst; however, if they are sub-failure you need to do at least four sets. That means whether you do two straight all-out heavy sets or moderate-weight 4X, you can still get major First-T-Burst SIZE effects.

The Size Surge workouts are very flexible and either the basic Phase 1 or POF Phase 2 program will get you growing. Take your pick to get BIG and THICK.

Note: For more on Jonathan’s 10-week mass program, see The X-traordinary Size Surge Workout. For more on 4X, see The 4X Mass Workout e-book. Both e-books are only $19.99 each.

Till next time, train hard–and smart–for BIG results.

–Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson

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This Special Report was submitted by Jonathan Lawson and Steve Holman.
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