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Dear Reader,

Do you believe you’re “past your prime”... or too “washed-up” to get a strong and ripped body you can be proud of?

Have you been told your “glory days” are dead and gone… and achieving a rock-solid physique is nothing but a pipe dream?

Well, my friend. You’ve been lied to. Because your most muscular days CAN be ahead of you.

It won’t matter if you’re in your 30’s, 40’s, 50’s or beyond… starting today you can pack-on mass... and experience the same eruptions of muscle growth you enjoyed as a teenager.

However, you must understand... It’s not about how much you lift... or performing “marathon workouts” that waste countless hours of your week... Most fitness gurus and weekend warriors would say you need to do this in order to grow muscle and get the powerful body you crave. That’s flat out wrong and untrue.

The Problem With Lifting Heavy Weights And Doing Long Workouts Is This... Anabolic Interference

Anabolic Interference will shrink your testosterone levels and stunt any potential of muscle growth Think of it like a “workout hangover”. Just as you can drink too much alcohol to the point of negative side-effects… you can “do too much” in the gym with damaging results...

Like blocking your muscle-building hormone production. Shrinking your testosterone count. And experiencing high levels of inflammation, which slows muscle repair and growth.

Don’t be shocked if you’ve never heard this before. Because you won’t find this information on popular bodybuilding sites or muscle magazines. After all, lifting less weight and spending little time in the gym isn’t sexy.

However, if you’re serious about making muscle gains for the next several decades… WITHOUT injury or sabotaging the one hormone that makes you feel and perform like a true man… then lean in and read every word on this page...

Because starting right now you can rewind time on your physique and pile on muscle FASTER than you did in your early twenties... Now, I’m not promising the same results as steroids. Yet it could be the next best thing…

Regardless, I don’t think you’re someone who wants to mess around with lethal injections, dangerous hormones, expensive pills, or mysterious potions anyway...

And you won’t have to. Because you can reset your anabolic hormones naturally every week so you can enjoy more testosterone pumping through your veins than a UFC cage fighter stepping into the Octagon…

You’ll Also Discover My Secret STX Sets Which Allow You To Pack On Inches Of Striated Muscle WITHOUT Lifting Heavy Weights, Pounding Your Joints Or Performing Countless Sets In The Gym...

I know it sounds strange. Yet this simple strategy has me bulging with rock-hard muscle and looking more chiseled than I did decades ago…

First, let me introduce myself. Hi. I’m Steve Holman. Best selling fitness author and former editor in chief of IRON MAN Magazine.

Fitness has been “my world” since I was a teen. Yet, over the years I’ve hit the same roadblocks every man faces with age. Especially when seeing results in the gym…

Yet I’m here to show you how to bust these barriers and experience a massive muscle-building breakthrough regardless of your age… So you can enjoy bursts of eye-popping muscle growth, every day of the week…

While avoiding nagging injuries, testosterone burnout, and feeling like a circus clown juggling your family, career, and health. Here’s how...

Roadblock #1: Low Testosterone

After turning 30 your testosterone levels drop at least 1% every year. You can’t hide from it. It’s like a ticking time bomb on your male biology… it’s going to happen. Yet most gym-goers unknowingly speed up the process… and sabotage their testosterone levels for the sake of a “good workout.” In reality, you’re overtraining your body… and practically flushing your male hormones down the toilet… While skyrocketing your cortisol levels and forcing your body into a catabolic state. Which causes muscle atrophy and weakness... Basically, you’re killing your muscle gains… and leaving inches of mass on the table. Listen. Unless you’re on “the juice” like most professional bodybuilders… long workouts and exercising five days per week is only going to make you look and feel weaker.

Maybe not right away… however, over time the barrage of training on your body will catch up to you… like a lion chasing a zebra… eventually your male hormones will wear-down… and any chance you had of building a prized physique will be devoured. Because according to a recent study published in Scientific Reports, men with lower testosterone levels suffer from accelerated muscle-wasting (4)… Which is the primary reason most men fail to build muscle as they age despite working out most days and eating healthy... And you’ll not only struggle to build muscle... you’ll also get sucker-punched below the belt and become soft in the bedroom (5). What I mean is, your sex-drive and ability to “perform” will fall down the rabbit hole with your testosterone...

Crushing your self-confidence and wrecking the intimacy you once had with your spouse or partner. Eventually, you’ll feel trapped in a muscle-less body with little self-esteem and a “softie” down-below. Yet it doesn’t have to be this way...

Low testosterone won't just kill your gains in the gym... it'll make you a "softie" in the bedroom too... Here's The Truth... According to a recent study published by the Institute of Sports and Preventative Medicine, overtraining lowers your testosterone levels and causes cortisol to rise (1)... which can freeze your male hormone production for weeks at a time… sometimes months.

This is a problem. Because testosterone is your primary muscle building hormone (2). Think about it... Imagine two men. Both are following the same diet and strength training routine. Yet one man has more testosterone than the other. Who do you think builds more muscle? The man with higher testosterone, of course. So if you want to pack on size well beyond your thirties, you need to keep your t-levels high and healthy… which you can do by optimizing your workouts for a greater anabolic response and prevent overtraining. Listen. Most guys think the more they workout, the more muscle they’ll grow. Yet they fail to consider the #1 ingredient to packing on mass and staying lean in the process… testosterone. Without it, you’ll be bankrupt of gains… and you’ll continue spinning your wheels in the gym and have no results to show for it. Roadblock #2: The Injury Cycle The heavier the weights you lift, the higher the risk for injury… period.

Which is an instant results killer... after all, you can’t workout hurt, right?

And if you do, it only leads to more pain and frustration… maybe even a costly doctor bill.

In fact, according to last year’s National Injury Surveillance Database, nearly 300,000 men in the U.S. were rushed to an emergency room from a weight-lifting related incident (6)...

Heavy lifting puts you at high-risk for dangerous short-term and life-long injuries... These stats don’t include the “big” injuries that occur overtime... like a herniated disk, torn shoulders, or tendinitis that leads to intrusive surgeries and long recovery periods…

Or the nagging joint pain in your elbows, wrists, ankles, and knees... that make your workouts uncomfortable and little everyday tasks like playing catch with your kids… or canoodling in the bedroom with your spouse, unpleasant...

These injuries always seem to stand in the way, don’t they?

It’s like pushing a heavy rock up the “dream body” mountain… only to have it slip from your hands and roll back downhill over and over again...

With each injury, pinch, or pull you have to “start over...” and you never reach the peak physique you desire.

Yet That’s Not All. A Recent Study Published In The Scientific Journal, Cardiology… Found Heavy Lifting May Kill You (3).

This confirmed by Yale Hospital surgeon, John Elefteriades who found lifting heavy weights in the gym can cause tears in your aorta… the heart’s main artery… leading to high blood pressure, heart failure, aneurysms, and sudden death (3).

Listen, contrary to what most naive lifters will tell you… the gym is not your battleground. Nor are you “going to war” with the weights… so this “get ripped or die trying” ego needs to go.

Because the honest truth is… heavy lifting can send you to an early grave. I wish I was lying… but it’s true. So why risk your life… a few small injuries… or a lifetime of joint pain if you don’t have to…

Yale hospital surgeon confirms heavy lifting can cause tears in your heart, leading to high blood pressure, heart failure, & sudden death Here's The Truth...

Unless you’re a competitive powerlifter or trying to be the World’s Strongest Man... you don’t have to lift heavy weights to get jacked. Sure, it’s one way of doing it… yet it’s very high risk and dangerous.

The secret to developing dense muscle mass is dependent on “muscle activation”… that’s it. The more muscle fibers you activate in a single set, the bigger your growth response. It’s that simple.

And instead of using heavy poundages… you can use moderate-weight with high fatigue methods to build muscle AND burn fat while you strengthen your joints at the same time...

To do this I use STX sets... or “Slow Twitch X-haustion” sets. Which allow me to pack on pounds of veinpopping mass without destroying my body… I’ll go into more detail further down this letter.

Yet before moving on, let’s speak to the final roadblock most men face with their muscle building goals… which has nothing to do with exercise at all.

Roadblock #3: Priority Puzzle As you get older, priorities change. There’s nothing wrong with that... I would hope you place your family and career above going to the gym…

However, I’m here to tell you, you can achieve a jaw-dropping physique, balance your relationships, and glide up the corporate ladder … WITHOUT your workouts getting in the way or you feeling overwhelmed and guilty for spending time in the gym.

As the saying goes... you can have your cake and eat it too.

What I mean is, you can have the body that makes your partner’s eyes light up with lust… and commands attention and respect from your male peers… while thriving as a man outside of the gym.

Never struggle to balance your work, family, and gym life again... I know how challenging it can be. While I was working as the Editor in Chief at one of the world’s most popular health publications, I’d struggle to find ways to harmonize my priorities.

My schedule was busy beyond the normal sense… sometimes working 10, 12, even 14 hour days… finding time to exercise was borderline impossible. Maybe you’ve struggled with the same dilemma?

After all, long workouts and going to the gym most days of the week is tough to fit in any man’s schedule…

Yet what if I told you “less is more”... and one of the most powerful ways to transform your physique FASTER than you imagined is by going to the gym as little as possible… would you believe me?

Here's The Truth...

Leading hypertrophic scientist, Brad Schoenfeld PhD, discovered the best training frequency for optimal muscle growth is three days per week…

...and during those three days, men who performed full body workouts experienced greater muscle gains than those who train a specific body part per day…

Basically, full body workouts three days per week is shown to build more muscle than exercising one or two body parts 4-6 days per week...

Doing so will give you greater results in the mirror… and as a bonus, you’ll have more time for your family, friends, and social life. Best part, you won’t feel like a screw up...

You see, most guys try working out 4-7 days per week and lose motivation when they can’t find the time. It sucks the wind out of your sails… and you end up losing belief in yourself… maybe even throw in the towel altogether.

Why do you think the gym is packed on New Year’s day with ambitious folks trying to get in-shape… yet a few months, sometimes weeks later, the gym is a ghost town?

Reason why… they’ve believed the lie. And think they have to “do more” to see results.

Confirmed: Full body workouts three days per week builds more muscle than exercising one or two body parts 4-6 days per week. Basically, less is more... Eventually they can’t sustain the demanding schedule of work, the gym, their relationships, and social life... and end up raising the white flag and quitting on their dream body. Listen... Three Purpose-driven Workouts a Week Is All You Need To Build The Jacked Physique of Men’s Health Cover Models or Buffed-up Hollywood Bodies Women Gush Over On The Big-screen...

If you're frustrating with your results in the gym. Low on energy. And struggling to build muscle... there's a solution for you... And you won’t have to make the same mistakes I made… or experience the struggle millions of other men face on a daily basis with workout frustration... Believe me. I know what it’s like to struggle with all of the above and fail time and time again.

I’ve endured lower testosterone levels… and felt like a shell of my former self. Low on energy. Weakness in the gym. And looking smaller in the mirror… despite training how I’ve always trained and eating healthy... maybe you have too?

I’ve suffered countless nagging injuries… many of which caught up to me after years of lifting heavy weights... and I know the physical and emotional pain that comes with one setback after the next…

I’ve battled to find time with my family and friends and focus at work while pursuing my physique goals… and the unbearable feeling of selfishness from putting my own dreams above my loved-ones and priorities.

Admittedly, I’ve made my fair share of mistakes… been through the ups and downs and the rocky roads… yet I’m here to tell you today, you never have to be frustrated with your physique again… And although it sounds “too good to be true” and you may be a little skeptical (I would be too)...

It’s these hardships and mistakes I’ve made that’s allowed me to stumble upon the narrow road that cuts through the B.S. of the fitness industry… and will make building muscle easy for you again…

Because the core of building massive amounts of muscle regardless of your age or current physical shape comes down to five key principles that I guarantee you’ve never heard...

Now, five principles may sound like a lot. Yet they’re actually very simple…

And Once You Add These Principles To Your Weekly Routine You’ll Experience The Jaw-Dropping MuscleStimulating Results That Turns Heads In Public…

Which, I hope your partner isn’t the jealous type because you’ll often have random women begging to squeeze your arms and feel your pecs… while other guys stare at you with envy… even guys half your age.

Which is exactly what happened to my friend and business partner Jonathan… Yet it wasn’t always like this.

You see... as Jonathan approached 40 years old his body “turned” on him...

It was like a flip switched in his male biology. He had lower testosterone levels. Was weak in the gym. And the muscle he had was melting off his body… like a scoop of ice cream on a piping hot blacktop...

I call this the Midlife Muscle Crisis...

Every man goes through it… and THINKS it’s a normal part of aging... which is a big-fat lie.

You'll get more attention from the opposite sex than guys half your age Because with the proper anabolic workout routine you can continue packing on muscle for another two, three, even four decades… and FASTER than you imagined possible. Just like Jonathan.

It started several months ago when I texted him a picture of my latest “physique update” for our monthly newsletter… not a minute later, he called me in awe and panic...

I sent Jonathan a picture of my recent "physique update"...

He explained how frustrated he’s been in the gym. How he was training almost every day… performing “the big 3” exercises, which were the squat, deadlift, and bench press, and despite getting stronger… was not seeing the physique transformation he wanted…

He even followed the traditional “one or two muscle groups a day” routine… which most "gurus" swear by… yet nothing was working.

His energy levels were low… sex-drive, inconsistent… and his body was holding fat against its will. Basically, he was shape-shifting from lean and muscular to chubby and weak. Which can happen if your workouts are self-destructing your testosterone levels…

After Jonathan saw how explosive my muscle gains were… and how I continued packing on muscle despite me just turning 58… he asked me what I’d been “up to”...

Steve, are you on testosterone replacement therapy or something? Steroids?

It seems like every time I see your progress, you’re getting a little bit bigger…

That’s when I opened up… and told him about the five principles I’ve been following to keep me steadily gaining muscle workout after workout... and feeling younger and more energized than I have in years…

Our entire phone call Jonathan was frantically writing down my every word… I even gave him my exact three-day protocol utilizing my secret STX sets...

It wasn’t until a couple weeks later Jonathan sent me a picture of his physique. I hardly recognized him…

Not only did he look like he’d gained a few pounds of rock-solid muscle… but he appeared leaner and more vascular… like he had cobras running down his arms…

He called me shortly after and couldn’t stop thanking me…he said these were the fastest muscle gains he’s ever made…

Jonathan packed on pounds of rock hard muscle in weeks while getting leaner at the same time... The Combination Was So Powerful, Jonathan Added 11 lbs Of Rippling Muscle To His Frame WITHOUT Spending Hours In The Gym Or Lifting Heavy Like He Used To...

And he did it all WITHOUT pro-hormones or steroids...

Imagine that… building more muscle in months than most guys can in three lifetimes...

Even his close friends and family accused him of being on “the sauce...” yet that’s what happens when you train to maximize your anabolic hormones... you experience the benefits from having boatloads of NATURAL testosterone and growth hormone rushing through your veins…

Which helps you pack on dense muscle FASTER and stay lean in the process...

I’ll warn you... if you don’t want to blow-up quickly... or be gawked at and desired by women at the gym… or recapture those “bedroom eyes” your spouse used to give you... then I suggest finding a slower-acting muscle building program. One that takes years to experience these kinds of results…

I’m sure you’ll arrive at your "dream body" destination eventually. It just won’t be as fast as the approach I used with Jonathan…

However, if you’re serious about getting ripped and muscular and bolstering your testosterone levels with your workouts… here’s the five Freak Physique principles to get you there...

5 Freak Physique Factors to Get You Jacked & Shredded In Your 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and Beyond

Freak Physique Factor #1: Anabolic Rotation If you want to pack on lean mass, FAST… stop doing the same exercises. Seriously.

A study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research shows exercise variety produces greater muscle growth than performing the same exercises over and over again (7)...

Researchers compared two types of workouts. One group performed “squat-only” leg workouts. The other group used four different leg exercises in their workouts. The volume was the same for both groups.

Simply put... each group was doing the same number of sets and reps... exercise variety was the only difference.

The researchers found the group using a variety of exercises, despite the same volume experienced greater muscle gains...

So if you want to shock your muscles into enormous growth… mix up your exercise selections with effective movements that stimulate the most muscle fibers… Freak Physique Factor #2: Ultimate Muscle Volumization Far too many muscle programs activate one group of muscle fibers at a time... either slow twitch or fast twitch.

Slow twitch muscle fibers are recruited through high rep training. Typically 12-15 reps.

Fast twitch muscle fibers are maximized by a single all-out set to failure. Typically 4-8 reps.

To stimulate both fiber types... most muscle building programs have you perform heavy and light sets in a single workout. This delays workout time. And forces you to stay in the gym for hours to finish a routine.

However, I’ve found a way to combine slow twitch and fast twitch muscle-fiber recruitment in a single “extended” SET...

Allowing you to maximize muscle fiber activation in less time… and you won’t have to bury your body under heavy poundages that bridle your joints. The secret weapon?

STX sets. Which is like fast-acting mass-building medicine that triggers the ultimate growth response in seconds. Here’s how STX sets work:

1) Primes your fast-twitch fibers to fire near the end of each set for a greater hypertrophic response and functional muscle mass...

2) Produces “lactic acid pooling” due to long tension time. This creates metabolic stress, which is crucial for extreme growth and muscular endurance.

3) The first 35 seconds of each set triggers boatloads of slow-twitch fibers. Which according to Brad Schoenfeld PhD is responsible for packing on pounds of muscle for the overall "swole effect" and freaky muscle size (8).

Combine these three muscle-techniques in one set and you’ve got the golden-ratio for building a strong and ripped, superhuman physique. Freak Physique Factor #3: Stealth Progression

Most guys think if they’re getting stronger, they’re getting bigger. Not true. Strength can be the result of many things... like neuromuscular adaptation, nervous system efficiency, or better muscle coordination and leverage.

We’ve all seen those guys. You know, the ones who lift lots of weight yet their form is “off” and downright dangerous… it’s a recipe for disaster and a lifelong history of injuries...

The key to building muscle is more volume… NOT more weight (9).

And adding additional full-on sets to your workouts is not the answer…

The volume increase should be small and added to the end of your sets. This prevents overtraining, testosterone burnout, painful injuries, and stalled muscle growth...

That's why my stealth progressive-volume method, which consists of rest/pause add-ons can help you gradually and endlessly increase volume so you can safely pack on mass without killing your body’s anabolic hormones...

Freak Physique Factor #4: Triple-layer Hypertrophy

There’s 3 key hypertrophy triggers you must attack for mega mass:

1) Mechanical tension (with heavier training)

2) Metabolic stress (by blocking blood flow [during sufficient tension time] for cell swelling)

3) Muscle damage (via micro-tears in the fibers)

Now, any one of the above can create muscle growth. However, to build the most mass possible, you need to get all of these in the right doses.

Most cookie-cutter muscle programs force you to squeeze all three of these techniques in every workout… leading to long hours wasted in the gym… overtraining… and sabotaging your t-levels.

Instead, you can spread these three growth methods over the course of three workouts per week… which keeps training short and effective...so you can boost your anabolic hormones and pack on lean muscle gains at the same time…

Freak Physique Factor #5: Anabolic Phasing Brad Schoenfeld PhD compared muscle-training frequency among trained weight lifters…

One group trained each muscle once a week while the other followed three full-body workouts per week. The volume was the same for both groups.

The result? Without question, the three-times-a-week group made the best muscle gains.

So stop following the traditional strength training routines that focus on one or two muscle groups per workout…

Instead, switch to training each muscle two or three times a week with less volume and you'll accelerate your journey to a buff, Hollywood physique.

Try it. You’ll be shocked at your surge of new muscle growth.

These 5 Freak Physique Factors Are The Key To Unlocking Pounds Of Mountain-like Muscle And Anabolic Growth… Regardless Of Age Or Genetics

Which is why you must use these principles within your weekly workouts so you can transform your body in weeks…. just like my friend Jonathan.

And you too can pack on slabs of muscle so thick and vascular your arms and shoulders will bulge out of your sleeves like cannon balls… while your back and traps become so broad and defined it’ll look like the Grand Canyon popping through your shirt…

Even your legs and glutes will fill out that old pair of blue jeans in your closet… and you’ll reconstruct your pancake-butt into a back-end women love to stare at...

Best part… you’ll skyrocket your testosterone naturally… and maintain high and healthy hormone levels for decades to come so you can look AND perform like a beast in and out of the gym... (including the bedroom).

Imagine, passing up the younger guys you see in the gym everyday… despite working out LESS… and lifting less weight too… while getting heavy-attention from women ten years younger than you...

Starting today, you’ll be lightyears ahead of the physique you “once had...” and looking and feeling stronger and healthier than you ever imagined...

Now, with that being said, here’s the best part that I haven’t shared with you yet.

With all the new information you’ve read thus far, you may be feeling overwhelmed. Even confused. I don’t blame you. Especially after being lied to in countless fitness publications, and bodybuilding websites...

Which is why I’ve decided to simplify your success… and compile all of this done for you information into one complete muscle-building blueprint to help you radically transform your body regardless of age, current physical shape or genetics.

Imagine showing off a ripped, muscular, and athletic body in your 40's, 50's, 60's and beyond And for a limited time, I’m going to open the doors to this hyper-growth muscle-building protocol to a select few who want to stimulate new gains and enjoy a rock-hard and ripped body that you can be proud of.