IRON MAN E-Zine: Issue #636: Last-Set Change for Massive Gains

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IRON MAN E-Zine: Issue #636:
Last-Set Change for Massive Gains

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Last-Set Change for Massive Gains

Q: I’ve gotten a lot of new muscle fullness with your 4X training. I’ve been using it for a couple of months, but I feel like I need to change something. Should I go to a power-bodybuilding program, like Jonathan’s 3-days-per-week Size Surge, and then come back to 4X? I hate to leave it because my gains are still very good.

A: Going to a power-bodybuilding program is an option, but don’t stay with it for too long. That Phase 1 Size Surge routine lasts five weeks, with the last one at subfailure intensity.

If you’re making great gains with 4X, though, why change it? You sound like you want to go to the three-days-per-week Size Surge routine, so do it with 4X…

It’s a great direct/indirect split that goes like this…

Monday: Legs, chest, back, delts
Wednesday: Deadlifts, calves, arms, abs
Friday: Legs, chest, back, delts

Now if you’re looking for ways to reboot 4X, we like either drop sets or rest/pause. [Note: For 4X you start with a weight with which you can get 15 reps, but you only do 10; rest 40 seconds, then do it again–and so on until you complete four sets. Go to failure on your last set.]

Drop Set: When you hit failure on the last set of a 4X sequence, reduce the poundage and immediately rep out again. You can do that once or twice (double-drop).

Rest/Pause: When you hit failure on the last set of a 4X sequence, put the weight down and count to 10, then rep out again.

The key to getting more out of 4X is to put excess stress on the sarcoplasm, the energy fluid in the muscle fibers. You can do that with the above two methods, or you can reduce the rest time between ALL sets. That was Vince Gironda’s method of choice with moderate-weight, high-fatigue training. In fact, he had most of his trainees resting only 20 seconds or less between sets. That worked for him…

4X is very flexible–and there are many ways to install change for bigger muscle gains. You just have to drive through the pain.

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

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–Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson

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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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