FW: 21 Day Mass Up Cycle
Published: Mon, 05/19/14
Obviously there are lots of effective training techniques
that build muscle. The problem though, is that most of
them work slowly over time.
With most modern muscle building programs, on average
you can expect to gain up to about 15 pounds of muscle
over a six-month period.
But back in the 60s and 70s, during the 'Golden Age'
of bodybuilding, some lifters were able to pack on up
to 25 pounds of lean muscle mass in as little as four weeks!
One of these was a bodybuilder named Richard Simons,
a former writer for Iron Man magazine.
that build muscle. The problem though, is that most of
them work slowly over time.
With most modern muscle building programs, on average
you can expect to gain up to about 15 pounds of muscle
over a six-month period.
But back in the 60s and 70s, during the 'Golden Age'
of bodybuilding, some lifters were able to pack on up
to 25 pounds of lean muscle mass in as little as four weeks!
One of these was a bodybuilder named Richard Simons,
a former writer for Iron Man magazine.
Richard said that he was able to achieve such remarkable
growth by embarking on a grueling program comprised of
9 brutally intense workouts combined with an aggressive
mega-calorie diet.
At the conclusion of the program he had gained 25
Pounds over a period of just 21 days.
In discussing the technique he used to achieve this remarkably
rapid muscle mass growth, Richard said that the approach
essentially a counter-split routine comprised of full-body
blast workouts performed six days a week for 30 days.
According to Richard, this counter-split training system was
an adaptation of the famous Joe Weider Split Routine system
and that he had never encountered another program quite like it.
However, although he did achieve remarkable gains he quickly
realized that this routine could easily lead to 'over-training,'
which could offset much of the gains in muscle size and strength.
To counter this, Richard set about customizing the approach
to keep the gains while avoiding the overtraining syndrome.
He called his approach the 21 Day Mass Up Cycle Program.