So...

DOUBLE Your Muscle-Building

Results? Is That Even Possible?
Absolutely...and I'm going to tell you HOW.

You see, in my 24+ years in the gym and working as a trainer and coach, I've read a LOT
of books and studies on muscle growth, fat-loss and exercise and yes, even muscle
magazines.

I've also spent literally THOUSANDS of hours creating and innovating new exercises and
training techniques with some pretty incredible results (that's where my nickname as the
"Mad Scientist of Muscle" came about!).

I KNOW what it takes to build muscle, even on the scrawniest of frames. And I know what
it takes to truly DOUBLE the rate of muscle growth (which is what I'm going to share with
you here).

The two pictures below are of me...the purpose of which is to show you that I practice
what I preach. I love to train for MASS and I love training with heavy weight.

Bottom line, if you put these two rules (that I'm going to share with you
right now) together, you will get EXPLOSIVE results. This stuff flat-out
WORKS.

Your body is naturally programmed to respond to training like this and it simply has no choice
but to get bigger and stronger.
Nick Nilsson
The Mad Scientist of Muscle

Please note: The information found in this program does not constitute medical advice and should
not be taken as such. Consult your physician before taking part in any exercise program. The
dietary modifications found in this program are extreme and assume a healthy body. If you have
medical considerations that require special nutritional practices, please review this program with
your nutritionist and physician before starting.

Double Your Muscle Growth Rule #1

To Build Muscle You Must PURPOSEFULLY
Overtrain Yourself

Overtraining is NOT evil. Overtraining can be exactly what you need to achieve continuous
and rapid results in your training.

What is overtraining?

Overtraining is, most simply, training too much. Your body is

unable to recover from the volume or frequency of training and
begins to break down. You not only lose motivation to train,
you become more susceptible to injury and illness, and you
may even start to go backwards in your training, getting
smaller and weaker on almost a daily basis.

So how can overtraining possibly be good for you?

I'll tell you.

It all begins with the incredible adaptive power of your body.

As you become more advanced in weight training, you will
generally notice that you cannot make consistent gains for a
long period of time on one training system. Your body quickly
adapts to whatever training system you're using and hits a
plateau. To get around this, it's usually recommended that you
change your program every three to six weeks.

The question now is how to use this adaptive ability to your advantage.

It's really quite simple. You gradually build up to a state of temporary overtraining, then, when
you're overtrained and your adaptive processes are working to their fullest capacity for
recovery, you back off. This backing off results in what is called overcompensation.
Overcompensation is where the REAL results are.

On a normal program, you work a bodypart, it becomes temporarily weaker, then becomes
stronger as it overcompensates so you can lift more next time. What a normal program does
on a small, local basis, this targeted overtraining does on a full body, systemic basis.

Sound good? We're not done. Now we're going to harness the power of overtraining by using
what I call "Controlled Overtraining." This idea goes by many other names but the core
concept remains the same...

Accumulation and Intensification

The core program stucturing principle you'll be putting to work is known by many
names..."Accumulation and Intensification" and "Dual Factor Theory" are two
of the most common.

As far as this base concept goes, I definitely won't pretend that I created it...it's been around
for a LONG time in various forms and has been used and talked about by many top coaches
and trainers such as Charles Poliquin, Charlie Francis, and many Eastern Bloc coaches.

There is a tremendous amount of research on the subject and I could give you a HUGELY
detailed physiological explanation of how it all works but I have a feeling you'd rather just
know how it's going to build muscle on you :)

So here goes...

Basically, for a period of a few weeks, you will increase workload by increasing training
volume (number of sets for each bodypart) and decreasing rest periods between sets until
you get to the point at or near overtraining. This is "accumulation" as you're accumulating
workload and fatigue on the body and demanding more of it than that is currently able to
recovery fully from.

When you REACH that point, you then back off and dramatically reduce the training volume,
doing fewer sets, while also increasing rest periods between sets and increasing the amount
of weight you're lifting (i.e. intensity). This is the "intensification" part of things and it's
where the REAL growth happens.

Here's what it looks like graphical form...the white area in the in middle is the "optimal" zone
for muscle growth. As you can see, you're spending a LOT of time there with this program!
When you begin the program, you gradually accumulate workload and training volume,
moving more and more towards overtraining. This training "on the edge" is where the REAL
results are - you won't get anywhere if you stay too far away from it!

At the end of the "accumulation" phase, you've hit Overtraining. THAT is when we back off
and reduce the training volume, increase rest periods and start using heavier weights. This
"intensification" will gradually move you towards "undertraining" as your body adapts to the
reduced workload.

This is followed by a deloading phase where you pull WAY back on your training and allow
your body to more fully recover before you start ramping back up in the next training cycle.

Think of a car going up a hill with the gas pedal down. As you come to the top,
you've got the pedal floored but you're not going very fast...you're overtraining the engine, to
borrow a term you might be familiar with.

Now you go over the top and start heading down the other side. If you keep that pedal
floored, you're going to start going VERY fast! Your body/engine is no longer overtrained by
the steep grade but it's still pushing just as hard.

THAT is the power of this type of training. You're going to systematically push your body's gas
pedal to the point where you have it floored and aren't really going anywhere, then you're
going to pull back and let it ROAR forward. The results you get from this type of overtraining
and rebounding can be HUGE and THAT is what each of these four programs will do for you.

Now here's an eye-opener for you...most programs have plateaus built

right in...

With "normal" training programs that don't take your body's response to workload into
account, you can get into either of two outcomes, neither of which is completely desirable in
the long run. They'll work in the short term because they DO spend some time in the optimal
training zone, but then something happens...
In the graph below, you'll see two lines. The top graph line is "Too Much Volume/Intensity."
The bottom graph line is "Not Enough Volume/Intensity." Both hypothetical training programs
spend time in the optimal training zone and both will get you results for awhile...

In the top line, the problem happens when the program DOESN'T PULL BACK. You hit
overtraining and your body stops getting results. The usual response? Add even MORE
volume and/or intensity. This can result in chronic overtraining and hitting a MAJOR plateau in
your training. The only cure is backing off.

In the bottom line, the problem happens when your body adapts and you DON'T INCREASE
volume or intensity...i.e. you keep doing what you're doing. This is chronic UNDER-training
and it'll put a stop to your results, too.

"Accumulation and Intensification" is the Cure...

What I've done is taken this core framework of "planned overtraining and rebound"
and created a number of training cycles using THE most effective muscle-and-strength-
building techniques and training session structures I've read about or come up with myself in
my 24+ "mad scientist" years in the gym.

Each program is packed with very powerful training techniques designed to build MASSIVE
muscle all structured on this type of volume/intensity-driven format.

And each program offers a varying degree of difficulty...the three that are included in this book
are more appropriate for intermediate to advanced trainers (beginners generally don't need
programs this complex) while the other program (available separately), which I call
"Frankenstein," is definitely for ADVANCED trainers only. It is a monster!

All of these programs attack muscle growth on a SYSTEMIC level...you're going to be using
the adaptive power of your entire body as a system rather than trying to grow bodyparts in
isolation.
 Double Your Muscle Growth Rule #2
Use Your Training to Change Your Physiology to
Better Support Muscle Growth

When it comes right down it, there are real physiological reasons why some people don't gain
muscle quickly and some do. There are some factors you can't do anything about (e.g.
genetics, predominant muscle-fibers types, and basic hormonal make-up) but there are
MANY factors you can focus on in your training that can actually change your base
physiology to make it more favorable for muscle growth.

I like to compare it to building a

house...

You're going to be able to build a bigger,

better house (i.e. muscle mass) when the
walls and beams are thicker and stronger
(bones and connective tissue), you have
more room to build (fascia), the plumbing is
better (your circulatory system) and your
electrical system is more efficient (your
nervous system).

These are 4 main physiological factors that

you can work with in your training to set the
stage for faster growth. While there are other
factors that can be changed, these are by the
far the most important and the most
"changeable" through training, so we'll focus
on them.
MASS FACTOR #1 - Build a STRONGER Frame
How much additional muscle mass do you think you could hang on your frame if your frame
was a whole lot thicker and a whole lot stronger? A LOT.

If you want to build the biggest, strongest house possible, you have to look at the foundation
and frame of your house. In the case of your body, the foundation and frame is your bones
and connective tissue (tendons, ligaments and fascia).

Bones and connective tissue are what provide the structure and support for
everything that happens to your house.

Most training programs, while potentially being effective at adding muscle mass, usually do
nothing to specifically address your bones and connective tissue. To make your frame as
tough as battleship steel, you MUST use specific techniques and exercises that work
DIRECTLY on strengthening your bones and connective tissue as a major goal.

After all, how well do you think your house will stand
up to the toughest conditions if your foundation is
gravel and your frame is made of broomsticks? Not
so good. You need a frame and foundation that is as
thick as concrete and tough as airplane cable.

And yet for something that is SO basic to your

overall strength and muscle mass, have you ever
asked somebody in the gym what they're working
today and have them tell you "I'm strengthening my
tendons and ligaments?"

You can add tremendous muscle mass with a stronger frame and
foundation.

And that's without even without even mentioning the potential muscle growth you'll get when
you immediately start handling more weight in ALL your exercises because your connective
tissue is so much stronger!

Plus, just USING that much weight and putting that much tension on the muscles is excellent
to spur additional growth.

How Do You Build a Stronger Frame?

The absolute best way to build up your connective tissue and bone density is through lifting
BIG weights in a very short range of motion, i.e. partial training.

Partials get a bad rap sometimes as a lot of people consider it cheating or using more weight
just for show.

Nothing could be further from the truth!

When used properly, partial training is one of the real secrets for building connective tissue
strength and, in turn, busting plateaus in muscle mass and strength. Muscle tissue by itself
can develop strength up to a certain point...when the connective strength isn't also addressed,
you can hit a plateau because that connective strength gives out before the muscle.

It's the reason steroid users tend to get tendon injuries more than natural trainers...their
muscle tissue develops strength much faster than their connective tissue, which leads to
ruptures when they overload the connective tissue!

To give you an example of how connective tissue can cause a plateau (and just to clarify, I'm
100% natural - never used ANY steroids in my life), early in my training career, I was stuck at
a 300 lb bench press. Nothing I did got me past that number.

I was stuck there for more than a YEAR...until I discovered lockout partial
training. Within 3 months of working partials, I had benched 350 lbs.

So yes, it's true that it is fun to slap a LOT of plates on the bar when doing partials, but it's not
just for show. Our goal is to work the connective tissue and build it in order to really develop
the frame of our "muscle house."

This exercise below is the Lockout Partial Squat...you'll notice I'm just working the top few
inches of the range of motion, which allows for MASSIVE amounts of weight - 950 lbs in this
case! - to be piled on to really strengthen connective tissue effectively.

The blue thing I have on my back is called a Manta Ray. For lockout partial squats, this is
THE most useful tool I've ever found. It more evenly distributes the pressure of the bar over
more surface area, making it relatively comfortable, even with almost half a ton on my back.
HIGHLY recommended piece of equipment!

Here's a shot of lockout partial bench press in action. You'll see how I'm only doing the very
top few inches of the range of motion. This allows for VERY heavy loading of the entire
shoulder girdle (I have 7 plates on either side for this one, which is 675 lbs).
In each of the program cycles in "Mad Scientist Muscle," I've included several training days
dedicated to heavy partial training for every bodypart. These training days are going to load
your connective tissue and develop the base "frame" strength and thickness you need to
BLAST past your strength and muscle-building plateaus.

MASS FACTOR #2 - Bump Out Your Walls

Now it's time to look at what's holding your muscles IN and keeping them from growing to
their true potential...and that is fascia.

Fascia is essentially strong sheets of connective tissue that enclose your muscles (it's in a lot
of other places, too, but we're going to focus only on the stuff around your muscles). I like to
describe it as a pillowcase of connective tissue that surrounds your muscles and keeps them
in position while assisting in transferring force.

So how does fascia fit in with our house?

Well, imagine that this fascia is actually the outside walls of your house. The outside walls are
stronger than the interior walls because they have to help support the structure of the house.

Unfortunately for muscle growth, fascia pretty much has

the tensile strength of steel. That means anything you do
WITHIN a workout is most likely not going to have much of
an effect on fascia. Stretching the fascia is not going to
 give your muscles "room to grow."

There is a practice known as "Fascial Stretching," the

premise of which is to fill the muscle with blood (via
training) then stretch that muscle HARD in attempt to
loosen up the fascia and give the muscles room to grow.

And I'll be honest with you, I USED to think that

was possible but I've since changed my mind.

Essentially, I think that fascial stretching has it

backwards...I don't think the stretch necessarily gives the
muscle more room to grow. I think the muscle grows
FIRST, which then puts constant pressure on the fascia to
expand.

Fascia is such tough tissue that I don't think a short duration stretch can have that much of an
impact on it (maybe a little, but you really have to be comfortable with discomfort in order to
endure the stretching necessary to do it).

I believe it's more the continuous long-term stretch placed by a growing muscle inside of it
that causes the adaptation and expansion.

Fascia does expand...over time, but it's not like stretching a muscle.

It's more like trying to stretch a tough sheet of canvas. If you pull on the canvas for a few
minutes really hard, it won't stretch. But if you string up the canvas tightly then put a big rock
in the middle of it, the weight of that rock will slowly cause the canvas to stretch where the
rock is.

This makes the case for using training and eating techniques that flood the muscles with
nutrients and water over and above what they normally store. The carb loading, calorie
cycling, creatine use, along with the very high-volume training we're doing in the program
puts a lot of blood in a muscle then keeps it there.

Glycogen supercompensation resulting from that high-volume training and carb loading can
cause storage of 120% or more of glycogen beyond normal 100% capacity). This puts
continous long-term expansion pressure on the fascia and THIS, I believe, is the best way to
achieve fascial expansion.

Essentially, it's a change in perspective...instead of thinking of fascial

stretching as an "acute" technique that you do for short periods, you think
of fascial stretching more systemically...using food, training and
supplements to stretch the fascia over a period of days and weeks.

THAT, I believe, is the most effective way to stretch the fascia.

Now, going to back to WHY you'd want the fascia to stretch, if you want bigger muscles,
fascia DOES need to expand. Fascia is like a tight pair of jeans around your muscles. And the
best way to stretch out a tight pair of jeans is not to squat down once or twice and call it a day
but to WEAR them regularly so you achieve the long-term expansion you're looking for.

We will accomplish this in the "Mad Scientist Muscle" program using high-volume training and
carb cycling techniques to force massive amounts of blood into the muscles for long periods.

You'll fill up those muscles, create a powerful stimulus for muscle growth, then FORCE the
fascia to expand because of the continuous pressure of the growing muscles inside the
fascia.

MASS FACTOR #3 - Improve Your Plumbing

So we've strengthened your foundation and frame and made room to expand your
house...we've already added a whole lot of muscle-building potential right there...what's next?

Do you start putting up the walls and installing cabinets? In a standard program, this is like
going directly to training for muscle mass. You start putting up the walls without a second
thought about the plumbing!

If you've ever lived in a house or have ever been indoors, you know that plumbing is kind of
important...

So plumbing...what does that mean for

changing your body's physiology?

Well, think of plumbing as your circulatory

system....your blood supply...your blood
supply that carries oxygen and vital muscle-
building nutrients TO your muscle cells and
waste products and carbon dioxide AWAY
from your muscle cells.

Obviously, everybody has a circulatory system. I'm not going to argue on that one. But here's
the difference...how many people have EFFICIENT circulatory systems that
MAXIMIZE the amount of nutrients and oxygen that can get to your muscle
cells (and quickly!)?

Have any muscle groups that pump up more easily than others? Everybody does. Do those
muscles tend to grow faster than the ones that don't? All signs point to yes. What's the
deciding factor here?

Blood supply.

The muscles that have a BETTER blood supply pump up more easily and
grow faster because they're able to get MORE NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN to fuel and
repair them.

So your NEXT training goal, if you want to force SLABS of extra muscle mass onto your body,
is to improve the blood supply to your muscles, getting them more nutrients and oxygen.

Imagine if, with the right training, you could alter the physiology of your "hard-to-pump"
muscles and make them EASY to pump? Greater blood supply equals greater potential
MUSCLE GROWTH NOW.

How Do You Improve Your Plumbing?

This is done with high-rep training...and I'm talking 30 to 50 to even 100 rep sets. This style of
training forces a lot of blood into the muscles for long periods of time. Your body reacts to this
by increasing capillary density, which increases the number of tiny blood vessels where
nutrient and oxygen exchange takes place.

It is essentially giving your muscles more opportunity to collect nutrients and remove waste,
which leads to more efficient muscle growth.

But you have to watch out as long-term high-rep training does not load the muscles nearly
enough to cause direct muscle growth (even though it does target the slow-twitch muscle
fibers). You must be judicious in how often you do this type of training and how many sets of it
you perform.

MASS FACTOR #4 - Improve Your Electrical System

Your electrical system...that's your nervous system.

And here's the cool thing...

Some of the same training that gets the job done on

improving the blood supply is also going to teach
 your nervous system how to fire the
muscle fibers FASTER and more
efficiently.

Elite powerlifters have training days where they use sub-maximal weight and lift as fast as
possible in order to train for explosiveness. This training is going to wire your nervous system
to fire and fire FAST, helping you build power.

One of the things that holds back strength levels is that your motor units (groups of muscle
fibers connected by the same nerves) don't always fire in the most efficient order. If you've
ever seen a beginner train and shake like crazy when doing even light weight, THAT is what
I'm talking about.

Just because you're intermediate or advanced doesn't mean you're immune to it, though. By
teaching your body how to activate more motor units all at once and activate them more
efficiently, you'll immediately gain strength.

How Do You Improve Your Electrical System?

One of the best ways I've found to train the nervous system is to take a moderate
weight...something you'd normally try and get about 12 to 15 controlled reps with...and
hammer out 20 to 30 reps or more with it. You're going to do these reps as FAST as you can,
with little to no negative, focusing on exploding the weight out of the bottom anbd cranking out
the reps.

I've found this kind of training to be absolutely AMAZING for developing strength quickly.

To give you an idea, I used this type of training for deadlifts...the first time I did it, I managed
20 reps with 225 lbs. Not too bad.

The next time I used this technique, I went up to 275 lbs and did 25 reps. Pretty darn good
improvement considering it was only about 10 days later!

The THIRD time I used this technique I deadlifted 315 lbs for THIRTY reps.
You can actually view the video of it on YouTube, if you're interested in proof!
This style of training is built right into every cycle of the "Mad Scientist Muscle" program and
it's going to get your nervous system juiced up and ready for ACTION. You'll be teaching your
nervous system how to fire more efficiently, building strength fast.

The Bottom Line

When you combine these two "Mad Scientist" training principles you really do have the
potential to DOUBLE your current rate of muscle growth and shatter any plateaus you might
currently be experiencing.

The human body is capable of much faster results than most people give it
credit for.

When everything is firing on all cylinders, using a program that supercharges your whole
system for muscle growth, the results can be downright shocking!

And THAT is where "Mad Scientist Muscle" comes into play. This book contains the "best of
the best" training information, exercises and techniques that I've accumulated over my 24+
years in the gym.

It uses "controlled overtraining," deloading, structural training and all of the most effective
training methodologies I've come across and come up with myself. This is extremely powerful
muscle-building information that has the potential to dramatically increase your muscle mass
and strength...and all without any more effort than you're currently putting in right now!

Click here to learn more about

Mad Scientist Muscle now!

One-Week Sample
Program
Now...I know how powerful these two rules are. Following them has gotten me and my clients
and athletes tremendous results over the years...but I don't expect you to take my
word for it...and I'm not going to leave you hanging!

I've got a short sample training program here for you that basically compresses the entire 8
week cycle of my full Mad Scientist Muscle training program framework into ONE week. You
can try it out short-term and you can (if you like) then repeat it for 4 to 6 weeks (or until you
stop seeing results).

This three day per week (M/W/F) program is based on the three main phases of the
program....

1. Structural Training: designed to alter the physiology of

your body through very high-reps (to increase the capillarization
of the muscle tissue) and very heavy partial-range training (to
strengthen the connective tissue and nervous system).

2. Accumulation: a strategic increase in training volume to

overload the body and force adaptation. This is where you'll
see an increase in muscle mass.

3. Intensification: a pullback on training volume and an

increase in intensity to allow the body to rebound from the
previous training. This is where you'll see the increase in
your strength.

In this 3 day program, the first day is Structural Training, which will prepare your body to be
better able to build muscle tissue and support it. The second day is volume...lots of sets with
moderate weight and very little rest. The third is intensity... heavy weight and longer rest.

Each workout will be a total-body session, focusing only on the big muscles and big exercises
to stimulate maximum gains. The smaller muscles will get ample stimulation and do not need
to be worked directly.

Perform this program for 4 to 6 weeks, mixing up the exercises you're using regularly and
purposefully increasing the weights you're using whenever you can do so while keeping good
form.

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The Workouts
Day 1 (Monday) - Structural Training

For the sets of 100 reps, choose a very light weight and get as many reps as you can. If you
don't hit 100 reps, stop then take 10 seconds rest and get as many reps as you can. Repeat
until you get to 100 total reps. Follow this pattern on the second set as well. Take 2 minutes
rest between sets.

Back - 2 sets of 100 reps - seated cable rows or pulldowns

Chest - 2 sets of 100 reps - barbell or dumbell bench press
Thighs - 2 sets of 100 reps - leg press, barbell squats or dumbell squats

For the partial-range sets, work only the top few inches of the range of motion and hold the
lockout position for at least 5 seconds on each rep to load the connective tissue. You can use
weights 20 to 50% higher than your 1 RM for these sets. Take 2 minutes rest between sets.

Back - 3 sets of 6 to 8 reps - rack pulls or top-range chin-ups or rows

Chest - 3 sets of 6 to 8 reps - top-range barbell bench press
Thighs - 3 sets of 6 to 8 reps - top-range squats or leg press

Day 2 (Wednesday) - Accumulation Training

This will be Time-Volume Training, which is my version of density training. Take a weight you
can get 10 reps with and do sets of 3 reps with it (you will staying with that same weight
through the entire work period). Take 10 seconds rest between sets. When you can no longer
get 3 reps on a set, start taking 20 seconds rest. Then 30 seconds, then 40, etc. You will be
working one exercise for a specific block of time, doing as many sets of that exercise within
that time block as you can, increasing your rest periods instead of changing weights.

For more detailed information on Time-Volume Training, click here.

This training is designed to hit your body with massive workload without going near failure
and taxing the nervous system.

Back - 15 minutes - chin-ups, pulldowns, rows, or deadlifts

Chest - 15 minutes - barbell or dumbell bench press
Thighs - 15 minutes - barbell squats, front squats, split squats or leg press

Day 3 (Friday) - Intensification Training

This day of training is all about strength. You'll be doing low-rep sets with longer rest periods
to maximize power and recovery. You'll be using a 5-3-1 rep scheme where your first set will
be done for 5 reps, your second set for 3 reps and your final set for 1 rep, increasing the
weight you use on each set. Your final set should NOT be a true 1 rep max...aim for around
95 to 98% 1RM.

In addition to pulling back on volume and allowing for recovery, you're teaching your nervous
system how to handle near-limit weights with good form. Take 2 to 3 minutes rest in between
sets.

Back - 3 sets (5-3-1-) - deadlifts, weighted-chin-ups or rows

Chest - 3 sets (5-3-1-) - barbell or dumbell bench press
Thighs - 3 sets (5-3-1) - barbell squats, front squats or leg press

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This "single-week-cycle" style of program is what is

known as "microperiodization" where rather than doing
longer, weeks-long cycles of each, you do very short
cycles compressed into a much smaller timeframe.

This short program is a great way to "test drive" the Mad

Scientist Muscle program.

In the full version, this one-week cycle is expanded into an

8 week cycle...it also includes 3 different versions of the
program, giving you a total of 6 months of muscle-building
programming all laid out for you every step of the way.
Learn more about Mad Scientist
Muscle and get your copy now!

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