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IRON MAN E-Zine: Issue #637: 3-Way, 3-Day Ultimate Mass Workout


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IRON MAN E-Zine: Issue #637:
3-Way, 3-Day Ultimate Mass Workout

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3-Way, 3-Day Ultimate Mass Workout

Q: I love the logic and simplicity of Positions-of-Flexion training for mass. I got 3D Muscle Building, and it has loads of info on POF and multiple programs, but I want a 3-day basic POF routine. The two-day split on pages 67 and 68 is a bit too much on each day, like chest after legs. I considered the POF version of [Eric Broser’s] Power/Rep Range/Shock [pages 103-114], but I think I need to train each body part more than once a week. Should I just try to construct my own 3-way split with the individual POF body part routines you provide?

A: It would be simple to build your own POF program with the first few chapters of 3D Muscle Building, which are discussions of every muscle group with sample POF programs for each. Steve actually dissects Jonathan’s Size Surge Phase 2 POF workouts and updates each body part routine.

You could plug those into the three-way split we currently use, which is shown at our X-Training Blog.

Just so you know, you’re not the first to say you’d like a 3-day-split version. That’s precisely why we put one in Jonathan’s X-traordinary Size Surge Workout e-book. It’s on pages 55-57. Keep in mind that when Jonathan gained 20 pounds of muscle in 10 weeks on the SS program he did use the 2-way split—but he was in his early 20s with good genetics–and majorly motivated. The alternate 3-way split in Size Surge is…

Workout 1: Chest, Triceps

Workout 2: Legs, Abs

Workout 3: Back, Delts, Biceps

A complete program is there laid out with all POF exercises. It’s Jonathan’s Size Surge Phase 2 routine, just divided differently. We suggest you train four days a week, following the order as listed. For example…

Week 1
Monday: W1, Tuesday: W2, Thursday: W3, Friday: W1

Week 2
Monday: W2, Tuesday: W3, Thursday: W1, Friday: W2

Week 3
Monday: W3, Tuesday: W1, Thursday: W2, Friday: W3

And then back to Week 1 and so on. Or check out our split at our blog.

Q: I have trouble with stiff-legged deadlifts, even when I use moderate weights with the 4X mass method. I seem to always hurt my lower back when I do them. Is there another stretch-position hamstring exercise in POF I can use?

A: Check your form on stiff-legged deadlifts:

1) The bar should stay close to your legs all the way down–think about pushing your butt back as you lower the bar.

2) You should lower slowly–in about three seconds–raise in about one.

3) You should stop the downward movement when the bar is about mid-shin level, no further.

4) Your back should remain flat throughout the set–no rounding.

5) At the top, pull to only mid-thigh level–don’t go fully erect and rock back into an arch; that could compress your spine.

If you’re doing all of that, and you still have problems, the next best stretch-position hamstring exercise is flat-back hyperextensions…

It takes concentration, but if you keep the arch out of your lower back and focus on pulling your torso up with your hams and glutes, you’ll feel your hams working hard–and maintaining a flat back will provide a good stretch overload at the bottom of each rep.

That exercise is listed for hams in the POF Muscle Matrix chart on pages 50-51 of the 3D MB e-book, along with all POF exercises and alternate moves for each muscle group.

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

Note: The X-traordinary Size Surge e-book is now only $19.99, available at www.SizeSurgeWorkout.com. You can also get the POF manual 3D Muscle Building for only $19.99–and there are more mass-training e-books, like 4X, at special prices at www.X-Workouts.com.

–Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson

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To follow the ITRC training program in “Train, Eat, Grow,” get a copy of the latest issue of IRON MAN.

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This Special Report was submitted by Jonathan Lawson and Steve Holman.
The IRON MAN Training & Research Team
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