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High-Volume, Low-Frequency Training for the Ultimate in Mass Building, Part Two

High-Volume, Low-Frequency Training for the Ultimate in Mass-Building Part Two More of Dennis Du Breuil’s “Ultimate Bulk and Power” Rules      After my brief interlude into the world of high-fat “anabolic” muscle-building diets, it’s time to continue with some more of Du Breuil’s old-school wisdom on building bulk and power, with some more than occasional comments from Greg Zulak, along with my wisdom—for what it’s worth—on the matter.   (If you haven’t done so by this point, read Part One first.) Rule 4: Use plenty of isolation movements in your routine.   Of all of Du Breuil’s “rules”, this one is going to be the most controversial for many of you reading this.   It goes against a lot of the stuff you’ve read in other places—heck, it goes against a lot of what I’ve said (or seems to) over the years.      But I think it has plenty of merit—for the advanced lifter, at least.      First off...

Dennis Du Breuil’s “Ultimate Bulk and Power” Rules

     For those of you who are regular readers of my blog, forgive my long delay in posts.  I have been going through some personal stuff the last couple of months—some of which I may write about at some point—and have found it difficult to write things for this blog.  Hopefully this post will be the first in many to come over the next month or two. High-Volume, Low-Frequency Training for the Ultimate in Mass-Building Part One Dennis Du Breuil’s “Ultimate Bulk and Power” Rules      Most of what I write on this blog deals with more of my recent training tactics—and the stuff I’ve written about the most recently revolves around my recent training strategies.   One problem I’ve always had as a writer on strength-training and muscle-building is that I’ve always—or almost always—been the kind of writer that has trouble writing about training other than what I was currently doing at the time.    ...