My Jealously Guarded Secret For Adding Quick Size To Lagging Body Parts
Dear Friend,
It's been a couple weeks since I sent out a weekly tip. I've been down in South America enjoying the beautiful weather, and even more beautiful than the weather...the stunningly gorgeous women! God bless the latinas!
There are some very good bodybuilders in South America and I learned some interesting things. They have a really unique way of getting rid of stubborn body fat in the abdominal area that I've never seen before. Boy oh boy is it effective! Yes, Virginia, you CAN spot reduce!
Unfortunately I just can't write about many of the techniques I've learned because they involve some "gray area" products and this is a publication for drug free trainers.
I'm seriously considering doing a real "hold-it-in-your-hands" paper and ink newsletter that will cover some more advanced training and diet secrets along with "gray area" supplemental information.
Now I'm going to let you in on a little secret that can help you add some relatively quick size to lagging body parts.
Let's use the calves for example since most people don't really put that much effort into calf training. I understand...it's painful. But a great set of calves can really make your physique stand out. I admire a great set of calves much more than a great set of arms. Everybody works hard on building up their arms. Hardly anybody busts their butt building their calves.
Here's what I want you to do:
For the next 4 weeks, work your calves at the END of your workout twice a week with preferably 2 days of rest between calf workouts. For example, work your calves on Mon. & Thurs. or Tues. & Friday.
Like I said, calves will be the very last body part training you do on those training days.
Do 5 sets of 8 to 10 reps of the Standing Calf Raise or Donkey Calf Raise with as heavy a weight as you can handle. Rest as long as you need between sets. The most important thing is to recover enough to use heavy weight for the required number of reps.
Try to use the same weight for each set. If your reps fall below 6 due to fatigue then lower the weight or rest a little longer between sets. Each week try to add at least 5 pounds for all 5 sets.
After your 5th set, rest about 2 minutes and reduce the weight you've been using by about 50%. Do one last set for at least 20 reps. If you can do more then keep going until temporary muscular failure, but do at least 20 reps. If you can't complete 20 reps then reduce the weight again and without rest get your 20 reps.
Now IMMEDIATELY go over to the water fountain, or grab your bottle of water and down at least 10 to 15 tablets (20 tablets if you're over 200 pounds) of Nitrobol. If you don't have Nitrobol, then you can use BCAA's (branched chain amino acids) but the effect won't be as potent as Nitrobol. If you're using BCAA's then you need to take about 25 to 30 GRAMS (not milligrams).
The combination of the heavy weight/low rep training with the final high rep set will have the muscle totally engorged with blood. The Nitrobol will hit the bloodstream within 8 to 12 minutes and will be rushed to the area pumped with blood. This will contribute to faster recovery which means faster size and strength gains.
What's that you say? You've got puny calves and you don't care? You want big arms because they're "showy" muscles and nobody ever sees your calves? Geez, am I the only guy that cares about symmetry anymore?
OK, OK...I'll explain how to apply this technique to arm training. It's almost exactly the same except with a little twist.
Work your arms last in the workout as I said earlier. I prefer to work biceps first (so does Larry Scott). When your biceps are pumped it provides a nice little "cushion" when doing triceps work. It feels nice, too!
So do your 5 sets of 8 to 10 reps of a barbell or dumbbell curl just like I described for calf work. Rest as much as you need between sets. We want to use as heavy a weight as possible (without cheating, of course).
Then move on and do your 5 sets of 8 to 10 reps of triceps work. Lying EZ-curl bar triceps extensions are a good choice.
After your 5th set of triceps work, rest a couple minutes and get ready for your final pump super-set.
Select a weight about 50% of what you used for your biceps exercise and do a set of at least 20 reps and more if you can. Go to temporary muscular failure with this set. If you can't complete 20 reps then reduce the weight again and without rest get your 20 reps.
Then IMMEDIATELY without rest, go to your triceps exercise (again with about 50% of the weight you used for your heavy sets) and do a set of at least 20 reps and more if you can. Go to temporary muscular failure with this set. Once again, if you can't complete 20 reps then reduce the weight again and without rest get your 20 reps.
Now IMMEDIATELY down at least 10 to 15 tablets (20 tablets if you're over 200 pounds) of Nitrobol. Take your Nitrobol with water, not any of those sugar-loaded "post workout" drinks.
Wait 45 minutes to an hour after you took the Nitrobol and drink a post workout meal replacement or protein powder. In my opinion a post-workout drink should have about 40 grams of high quality whey, milk, or egg protein along with about 60 grams of carbs with minimal fats. Fats slow digestion and you want this meal to be digested quickly.
So there you have it. You should start seeing some results within about 2 weeks as long as you're eating correctly and getting enough protein. Eat about 40 grams of some high quality complete protein every 3 hours.