Rapid Increase in Muscle Mass & Strength

Published: Sun, 05/19/13

The Cycling Principle is the key to consistent and
rapid increases in muscle mass and strength for the
bodybuilder.

This principle states that in order for the body to
respond optimally, it cannot be trained in the same
manner all the time and that the best way to make
the body respond is through the correct variation
of exercises, volume (number of sets times number
of reps), intensity (how heavy the weight is), and
rest periods between sets.

A guy that understands this principle is my friend
Hugo Rivera who lives near me here in the Tampa 
Bay area.
 
 
 
His Body Re-Engineering System has 3 phases
which I'll outline for you below.
 
Don't forget today is the last day to get Hugo's system
for only $9.99.  The price goes up at midnight Firday
August 24th.
 
 
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The Active Recovery Phase

The Active Recovery Phase has three main functions:

  • First, according to leading strength expert Tudor
    Bompa, Ph.D., "you are trying to adapt the anatomy
    of the body to the upcoming training so that you can
    create, or produce an injury free environment".
    Essentially, your tendons and ligaments should be
    strong enough to support the stressful periods that
    will follow.

  • Second, this phase is a great time to address any
    strength imbalance that your body might have. This
    is the reason why mostly dumbbell work will be
    used during this phase.

  • Finally, this phase will act as a great time in which
    the body will re-charge its energy stores and allow
    for complete physical and mental recuperation.

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The Loading Phase

During the Loading Phase the body is stressed with an
increasing high volume of work that if kept for too
long will eventually result in overtraining and injury.
During this phase, three things will happen:

  • The growth hormone output goes through the roof
    due to the short rest interval between sets and the high volume.

  • Hypertrophy (muscle growth) occurs by the body increasing
    the levels of creatine, water and carbohydrates inside the muscle
    cell. This phenomenon is called muscle voluminization.

  • The body's recuperation capabilities are upgraded in response
    to the stress imposed by the increasing volume of work
    coupled with short rest intervals.

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The Growth Phase

During the Growth Phase the body is not stressed by volume.
This time the stimuli are heavy weights. If this phase would be kept
for too long eventually the body would stop making strength gains
and you would plateau. This is the reason why you always need to
go back to a Loading Phase.

During this phase the following three things will happen:

  • The testosterone levels go through the roof in response to the
    longer rest in between sets and the heavier weights.

  • Hypertrophy (muscle growth) occurs by the body increasing
    the actual diameter of the myofiber (the muscle fiber size)
    through increased protein synthesis (Note: protein synthesis
    is creating protein strands through DNA and RNA and it takes
    place in the cytoplasm of the cell.)

  • Since your body's recuperation abilities were built up to the
    maximum by the previous phase and the volume has gone
    down dramatically, these extra recuperation abilities are used
    to increase strength and build more muscle mass. The reason
    the body does this is in order to be prepared for another stressful
    period like the one it just went through. This adaptation mechanism
    is the one that ensures the survival of the species.

  • Even if you are training for fat loss, your main goal should
    always be to stimulate growth. Otherwise, if you were to
    drastically reduce training poundage in order to perform a lot
    of high reps, there would be no reason for the body to keep
    the muscle around. Because of this, you should always train
    with muscle growth in mind and let the nutrition and the
    cardiovascular exercise take care of reducing your body fat levels.
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Don't forget today is the last day to get Hugo's system
for only $9.99.  The price goes up at midnight Firday
August 24th.
 

 
Keep training hard,
 
Mike Westerdal
CriticalBench.com