Regardless of your fitness goals, you need to know the #1 thing that keeps you skinny... keeps you fat... and robs you of the results you deserve.

Recently my good buddy and muscle-building expert Vince Del Monte has caused quite the storm since sharing his shocking discovery for building muscle with….  “baby weights”! 

And a number of my readers have asked me what I think of this? 

Vince and I have been long-time friends so I asked him how he came to this discovery while we were on vacation last month.

If you want the short answer, it’s because he tailors his workouts to his “Muscle Fiber Type” which unlocks a “master chemical” which unleashes your body’s natural ability to break down muscle tissue and grow it back bigger... fuller... leaner... stronger…

… and on this next page you can learn how to discover what YOUR “Muscle Fiber Type” is for faster results. 

What’s yours?

Back to Heavy or Light Weights? Which One Is Better?...

... if you’ve been in the iron game for any period of time, you know that using heavy weights is 1 of the 3 scientifically proven mechanisms behind building muscle. 

Scientifically, lifting heavy, is known as “mechanical tension” training—aka “move heavy stuff!” 

This type of training has been around for decades and has been proven time and time again, both in science and the weight room, as a positive muscle building model. 

However, the science has also shown you can build muscle two other ways:

1. “Metabolic stress” (aka higher rep volume training when you experience the BURN!)  

2. “Muscle damage” (aka loading the muscle in a stretched position which results in CRAZY SORENESS btw!) 

Personally, I’ve tried lighter and heavier weights and have come to the conclusion that both are effective—HOWEVER, I have noticed varying degrees of muscle growth and fat loss with BOTH methods. 

The real question is WHY? 

WHY do I see varying degrees of muscle growth with two different methods of training? 

Why does Vince see better results with “lighter weights”? 

Why do I see better results with a combination of lighter and heavier weights? 

Why do other guys make better gains with “heavier weights”? 

Turns out there is a scientific explanation: 

Your muscle fibers. 

Every one of us is built differently. 

There are many other variables (such as age, gender, metabolism) that influence how we are built but the main one is your muscle fiber type. 

Got time for a quick story?  

When I was in college playing football one of my roommates Steve Konopka who was a 6'5, 310 lb lineman put on 40 lbs of muscle in one year from lifting heavy weights and doing lots of sets under 5-reps.

However my other good friend and Running Back Mark Strasser was 5'9, 180 lbs and he would pack on muscle so easy by lifting lighter weights for higher reps.

Both guys tried lifting the way the other did and it just backfired.  When Steve went light his gains stopped. He stopped growing and getting stronger.  When Mark tried to go super heavy he felt slower, fatigued and sore for days.  

Neither guy was wrong.  Personally I trained with both guys so a combination of the two methods which I call powerbuilding worked best for me and still does.

It was fascinating.

Have you ever noticed this strange phenomenon? 

Over the past few years I’ve watched Vince’s body take on a new shape and size (he’s a 36-year-old father of two and lives a very fun and balanced lifestyle) and he says it’s because he’s embraced training for his muscle fiber type. 

It takes someone very courageous to preach the idea of “baby weights” in this obsessive social media world of “Look at how much I can lift!”  

In short, Vince knows what his muscle fiber type is. 

He is working WITH his genetics, instead of working against his genetics. 

It's cool, because he's owning the fact that he doesn't need to lift heavy and even with two very small children and running full time fitness business he's in the best shape I've ever seen him.  He has some muscle on him even though he lifts "baby weights". 

The point of this email is to make sure you know your muscle fiber type and what would work best for you in your training.

Do you know if you’re working WITH your genetics or AGAINST your genetics? 

It all starts by learning how to unlock the "secret master chemical" that can supercharge the size and shape of your muscle while devouring fat... at the same time.

Keep training hard,

Mike Westerdal
CriticalBench.com