Total Body Mass Training It’s become an old adage in bodybuilding training: “everything works, and nothing works for very long.” Yeah, well, that’s true but some programs do work better than others. As a strength trainer (of both myself and others), I’m always trying to come up with new ways to keep the muscle gains—and the strength that my lifters and I crave—coming. Enter Total Body Mass Training . As far as packing on slabs of muscle goes, this one is as good as it gets. (And it also ain’t half bad in the strength department, either.) For a strength and/or muscle-building program to be successful, it needs two factors in order to consistently work. These factors are variety and stability . At first, it might seem that the two factors are diametrically opposed to one another. They’re not. Let me explain. Variety is important because without it your muscle gains will shortly stop cold in their tracks. The more advanced you are (in terms o
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