Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time : So Is Cardio, and There’s a Better Way to Have the Body You Want

by John Jaquish

range). Stores of ATPGCp become depleted and sarcoplasmic fatigue begins. This triggers sarcoplasmic growth and the associated blood flow to recover the muscle. Because a portion of the myofibrils are switched off and a lighter weight is being used during diminished range reps, the muscles are fatigued to a greater degree from both the sarcoplasmic and myofibril perspectives. To compensate for this deeper level of fatigue, the blood flow to recover gets stronger—often referred to as a large pump—which forces a stretching of the fascia. (While this has not been specifically studied with X3, it is the academic understanding of the reaction.) If the principle of constant tension is applied, the hypertrophic effect is greater due to hypoxia. This is because the demand for blood flow, the down regulation of myostatin, and more importantly the replacement and amplification of storing ATPGCp is at its absolute greatest as a result of the hypoxia. The accelerated muscle growth seen with X3 is due to a combination of all of these elements executed to a safer and more powerful degree.