Friday, December 11, 2009

Strange "Blood Flow" Experiment Reveals Mass Building Secret!

One of the strangest studies done in recent history in the sports sciences arena was a study done using "tourniquet training" where trainees trained their arms with a pressure cuff on for 2 minutes to restrict blood flow and then again without the cuff.

Trainees were 20% STRONGER after the cuff was taken off and the study revealed that increased blood flow allowed a muscle to contract a maximum force.

Therefore, the more blood you can push through a muscle, the more "contraction potential" and microscopic fiber damage to initiate hypertrophy (muscle gaining).

One way to mimic this end result is to do a proper warmup to effectively increase blood flow to your target muscle so you can train at MAX INTENSITY and jumpstart your anabolic results!

A few sets of an "isolation" exercise of your target muscle group done at SUB-FAILURE (stopping just short of exhaustion) will do very well for this goal.

But I have a better way...

In my "Hardgainer Project X" program, I use a unique 3-stage workout structure that essentially takes the genetic limitations of true "hardgainers" and obliterates them to force new muscle growth.

One of the methods used is a variation of the "Rest-Pause" technique that uses shorter sets of lighter weights.

(Note: For step-by-step instructions on the "Rest-Pause" technique posted on my website, go to http://tinyurl.com/yjxbneu)

These short sets are initially done using sub-failure training to better target Type 2 muscle fibers in the last sets when you go to full exhaustion.

But they ALSO slowly ratchet up the blood supply so your last "rounds" of short reps force a ton of blood through the muscle and MAX OUT your peak contraction!

The result is a massive PUMP and a muscle fiber dead-zone that can't be achieved with normal sets and reps!

Go and copy down the notes at http://tinyurl.com/yjxbneu and try this training method in your next workout and you'll be amazed at the difference you'll feel!

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