SCI-MX HARDCORE EDITION MAGBOOK May 2014 | Página 8

HARDCORE MUSCLE MASS

hardcore training.
Gaining muscle requires consistent training – but that’s not enough if
you want true hardcore gains! Learn how to apply simple science to
your weight training programme for the best results...

Train hard
It’s possible to add 5-10lbs of solid mass to your
frame in 1-2 months – but only if you approach
your workouts with the focus of a prize fighter!
Do whatever it takes – self-talk, a cold shower, or
simply challenging yourself to be better. X-PLODE
HARDCORETM is simply a must-have supplement
for hardcore weight trainers. It contains high
strength caffeine and guarana to boost focus
and reduce how hard you feel you’re training
plus arginine to help maintain normal ammonia
clearance to prevent muscle failure. It also
contains maximum doses of all the
leading pre-workout nutrients beta-alanine, glutamine, taurine,
lysine, citrulline malate and
tyrosine.

Pick hardcore
exercises!
Always start
your workout
with a multijoint exercise
that
maximises
muscle
recruitment
and anabolic
hormone
production. Squats,
deadlifts, bench press,
chin-ups and military
presses are the order
of the day!
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Time under tension –
become a master blaster
Rep number is important, but it’s also beneficial to
perform them with a suitable tempo to maximise
the protein synthesis response to lifting. For
optimal growth, try and make each set last for
40-60 seconds. Try starting with a tempo of 4:0:1
per rep.

Muscle failure + intraworkout BCAA’s
Failure isn’t for the weak – it makes you come back
bigger and stronger! Train by taking your sets
to muscular failure. This strategy elicits microtrauma deep inside your muscle fibres, triggering
them to hypertrophy when supplied with
adequate amino acids. However, because training
for failure causes a high degree of acute intratraining muscle catabolism, supplementing with
branched chain amino acids before/during training
is key. Supplement recommendation: BCAA
INTRA HARDCORETM. This unique supplement
contains a Micro-Pure™ ultra-refined BCAA
blend for rapid leucine, isoleucine and valine
absorption during weight training. This
enables you to replace and spike amino
acid levels as they metabolise during
workouts. It also
contains a glutamine
and glycine stack
which targets the
biological process
that stimulates
GH in