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

Phases of an X3 Set When working out with X3, there are two distinct phases to each movement. Phase 1: At the start of a set, users work toward fatigue in the strong range, where high forces promote growth of the myofibrils. Here, you are creating structural fatigue of the muscle but are not yet out of ATP/Glycogen/Creatinephosphate (ATPGCp). This phase is where the most power is built, as the structure of the cell has much more influence on absolute/explosive strength. More tissue is potentiated (called to action), providing the neurological benefit of explosiveness from a different perspective. The hypertrophy in this phase creates musculature with a higher power-to-weight ratio, the most powerful effect of X3. This is comparable to a gymnast’s impact absorption-type strength and is driven by the sevenfold greater force output in the impact-ready range, shown in the Hunte, et al. study (2015).247