To Gain Muscle, All Pros Do Only 1 Set!

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To Gain Muscle, All Pros Do Only 1 Set!

Copyright 2006

Every pro bodybuilder does only 1 set per exercise to

failure to gain muscle mass.....whether they say so or not.

I'm going to answer one of the most asked, most

contradicted questions about how to train to gain weight

around:

" How many sets does it take to gain muscular size and

development? "

Now, I'm referring to sets per exercise.

When you perform a set in a " certain " manner, with the

correct amount of weight and for a very " specific " rep

range, you will have induced the maximum growth in that

muscle.

Anything above and beyond that is just a waste.

The problem today is that when you pick up any bodybuilding

or weight gain magazine / book, they all recommend several

sets per exercise.

Not only is this very misleading to us average, skinny

" hardgainers " , but when you see every top pro doing set

after set after set, it's no wonder that 99.9% of the

average weight training population feels that it takes many

sets to get the job done.

Well, to get straight to my point, look very closely at how

the pros train, not what they say.

An excellent example is Jay Cutler.

If you ever read his articles, Muscle-Tech ads, or watch

his training dvds, you see he follows a very high volume,

high set training routine.

He does anywhere from 15-25 sets per muscle!

So, anyone looking at that might say, " Jay's a beast. If he

does a ton of sets, then so will I! " .

Well, I want you to go and read for yourself an ad that's

running in some of the mags, the one titled " A Legacy In

The Making " .

In there he discusses his training routine.

In there he says, quote, " .....Obviously, you can't train

to failure on every set.

I try to put in 100% effort on the last set of each

exercise.

For example, if I'm doing chest, I usually do a weight I

can handle for 8 to 10 repetitions for 3 sets and maybe a

forth set where I go all out........the fourth set is the

only set where I go to failure. "

So, if he is doing 4 sets for an exercise, the first 3 are

pretty much a bunch of warm-ups.

Only the fourth and last set is the one where he goes

all-out, 100%, to failure.

As a matter of fact, I remember reading in Muscular

Development that he calls these first sets " feeler " sets.

Well, " feeler " sets have got nothing to do with gaining

muscle mass, it just serves as a warm-up.

This is the same case with every other pro.

They may say they do 3, 4, 5 sets per exercise, but they

only go all-out, to failure on the last set.

In other words...............1 set per exercise to

failure.......the one and only set that puts the muscle

weight gain wheels into motion.

Observe, my friend, real closely what people do, not what

they say, because it can be very misleading.

You may read in an article in a mag and see an individual's

training routine, usually inside of a box, containing the

name of the exercise, the number of sets and reps.

Well, if you didn't know any better, you would assume that

these guys are going all-out, to the max on each and every

one of these sets.

That only leads to over-exhaustion, over-fatigue, and

overtraining for you and I.

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