The Muscle Couple has a new workout.

We’ve been in the lab for the last 2.5 months getting advice and intel from Marcus Reinhardt. He is a former Pro Bodybuilder and now renown personal trainer in Las Vegas.  More on him soon.

Marcus is incredibly well versed on the science and practical application of Rest Pause Training.  He has helped us tremendously in our crafting of this program.  We believe what we’ve come up with is our Best Training Program yet relative to the speed in which you can achieve noticeable results.

This program isn’t for beginners.

It’s an advanced workout for people looking to dramatically improve muscle tone/size and density.

It’s also not for the faint of heart or poorly conditioned.  Your endurance capacity should be stout to even consider this program.

You must put intense focus on each and every rep to truly get the most out of this type of training.

There are a lot of unique and subtle tweaks which play an intricate role in getting maximum results.  We will detail them as we reveal all 4 Days of the Workout over the next 7 days!

We’ll also shoot some videos of the Rest Pause sets(placing them in the Video section) to demonstrate the type of intensity necessary to make this program fire on all cylinders.

The Grimace and the Sweat Should Tell You Everything You Need to Know!

Day 1:   Chest, Triceps, Lower Rectus

Chest

• Flat Bench DB Presses- 1 Warm Up Set at 50% of Max for 10-15 Reps.  1 Rest Pause Set with 75% of your Maximum for 8 Reps, 10 Deep Breaths, 4-6 Reps(with spotters assistance if necessary), 15 Deep Breaths, Finish with as many reps as possible until Full Muscular Failure

• Incline Machine (Any that will allow for a Shoulder Width Grip instead of your normal wide grip) Same as previous

• High Pulley Lower Pec Cable Flyes (Instead of Doing Them As you Normally Do, Bring the Cables Downward in a Wide Arc so that your fists almost touch at the end of the rep)This places incredible tension over the entire range of the Pec Muscles.  Same Rep scheme as the other 2

Triceps

• Cable Pushdowns-1 Warm Up Set for 10-15 Reps. 1 Rest Pause Set with 70% of Maximum for 10-15 Reps, 10 Deep Breaths, 7-9 Reps, 15 deep breaths and finish with as many reps as possible until Full Muscular Failure

• Rope Tricep Extensions-Locking Out at the Top with a Twist-Same as previous

Lower Rectus

• Hanging Leg Knee Ups-1 Warm Up Set for 15-20 Reps.  Same on the Rest Pause but add reps where possible.

Things You Must Do to Optimize this Program:

***You have to know what 75% and 70% of your Maximum is for every given exercise

***You must be able to focus and give everything you’ve got each and every set/rep.  Incredible focus and intensity must occur the entire 45-60 minutes of your session.

***You must take the 3rd Wave of your Rest Pause set to complete Muscular Failure.  This means you absolutely positively can’t lift one more rep.  Even with a spotter.

***After the 3rd wave of your Rest Pause set, you should feel as if the target muscle is on fire.  You may actually quake/burn a bit upon cessation.

***You have to use machines or exercises that you can manipulate the resistance easily.  Most barbell and plate loaded exercises are out due to your inability to maximally contract the target muscle without massive indirect/ancillary muscle involvement. (More on that later)

Please ask questions about any of this on the Blog.  Day 2, Day 4 and Day 5 will be coming soon.

Good Luck!

MIHWCS