Peary Rader's One Day Muscle Blitz Program Revisited
By Paul Bercker of TrulyHuge.com
In The Rader Master
Bodybuilding and Weight Gaining System, Peary told us about a program he
developed that could add up to 3/4 of an inch to a trainees arms in one day.
The program goes like
this - pick a day when you can do nothing but train, eat and rest. You use just
two exercises, one for triceps and one for biceps, and you do a set of each
every hour for 12 hours. Use a weight lighter than your usual poundage and do
not work to failure. Eating some protein every hour, massaging the muscles
after each workout and resting as much as possible, were also recommended.
This program has
worked for many and we could continue to use it exactly the same way to get a
quick increase in arm size, but Peary gave us a hint of the full usefulness of
this method. He stated, "Most men use it on their arms since no one ever
seems to have as large of arms as he would like. However it will work on any
muscle. We hope that some day when we have a greater understanding of muscle
growth and the controlling factors, a similar method can be applied to men and
women in a specialized session of perhaps a month and give them a physique that
today takes years to acquire." So
we can see that Peary had a lot of hope for this method.
I believe I have a
program that would be useful for advanced hard gainers who would like a quick
increase in size all over their body. It would go something like this; You pick
six exercises that cover the entire body.
For example:
·
Squats
·
Bench press
·
Over-head press
·
Rows
·
Calf raises
·
Curls
For about 4 weeks you
workout twice a week , on Wednesday and Saturday. This is to get used to these
exercises and avoid extreme soreness when you begin specialization. Do 2 work sets for each exercise, then on
week five on Wednesday you do your regular workout but on Saturday you take the
first exercise (squats) and do one set an hour for 12 hours, use about half of
your usual poundage. After each set take 2 Nitrobol Capsules
The idea as Peary
said, "Working on the principle of flushing the muscles with blood and
keeping them flushed all day long, the muscles will grow unbelievably for a
short time." So we aren't trying
to push to maximum on these sets.
Keep the Wednesday
workouts the same as the first 4 weeks, but every Saturday take the next
exercise in your program and hit it for 12 sets in 12 hours.
This program is still
admittedly experimental, but all signs seem to show that it would bring about a
big gain over the 10 weeks it takes to complete. The most important thing is
that you don't get overtrained. Do only
two workouts a week, and give the most amount of rest after the specialization
day, hence the Wednesday and Saturday schedule. The other thing is to do the
hardest exercises like squats early in the cycle when you recovery ability is
strongest.
As the cycle
progresses work your way down, and at the end of the cycle you are doing the
least taxing exercises like curls. The volume per exercise is high one day a
week but the overall volume is kept at about 12 sets a workout, which is still
not too bad for a hard gainer.
If you are a beginner,
or intermediate stick to the basics like 20 rep squats, heavy deadlifts,
presses, etc., and you will grow plenty fast if you work hard, and eat and rest
sufficiently. But, if you are getting close to your potential and would like to
get a quick burst of size, try this routine and see how it works for you.