Ezine #154

Get Eye-popping Muscle Size with "Universal Fiber Hypertrophy"

Q: Getting growth in all of the muscle fibers, even the slow twitch, makes a lot of sense. I'm looking for the most mass possible as quickly as possible, so getting hypertrophy in ALL fibers is the answer. I'm more of a leaner, hardgainer type, so my question is, Should I do more high-rep sets than just the first, as prescribed in Anabolic Reload?

It does make sense that wiry hardgainer types have more slow-twitch "endurance" fibers. It's why skinny guys usually make the best distance runners (Steve missed his calling--Lol)…

So does that mean hardgainers should use more than the one initial high-rep set? Not necessarily…

As we explain in Anabolic Reload, the Size Principle of Muscle Fiber recruitment states that when you do a set of multiple reps, the slow-twitch dominate during the first easy reps, gradually shifting to fast-twitch dominance as the set progresses and the reps get more difficult.

What that means is that your first high-rep set will train a lot of slow-twitch fibers because of so many easier reps. The fast twitch will still get work, but only on the last few reps.

Then when you add weight and move to a lower-rep set of 9 reps, you still get slow-twitch fibers firing on the first reps. And the same goes for the third rest/pause set.

In other words, you're getting slow-twitch activation on EVERY set. More high-rep sets may not be necessary to max out slow-twitch growth...

We say "may not" because we don't know for sure. The study we discuss in the ebook used only one initial high-rep set, so that was our reference to build the Anabolic Reload mass programs. The researchers showed that it works for significant size increases...

What would happen if, for example, you used another high-rep set to end a bodypart routine? It could produce exceptional new growth. Notice in the ebook that there is a slight volume progression every few week. Ending with a high-rep set is something you may want to try as part of that progression…

In fact, a young bodybuilder told us that he added a piston-like 80-rep set to the end each of his muscle-group routines, and his growth exploded. To quote Sam, "I'm growing like crazy!"

That's proof positive that Jerry Brainum, trusted bodybuilding researcher for more than 40 years, was right on the money when he said, "It's now known that type-1 fibers are also capable of showing a significant level of muscular hypertrophy."

For a look at the latest hypertrophy studies along with a complete "ultimate-mass" program that incorporates that research, check out our new Anabolic Reload Mass Workout e-book HERE.

It's jam-packed with information that can help you get the best muscle gains of your life--new mass-building info you can use to get huge.