Muscle grows where science points: exercise selection and rep ranges matter more than gym tradition, and extreme leanness costs more than the fitness industry admits.

The squat is the king of all exercises.

Load it up with a weight that you can do for five or six reps, and add a little weight each week. Stick with that for a year. A full year. And if after a year, you haven't gained some serious shoulder mass, come back to

I gained 2.7 lb of lean mass. That may not sound like much to some of you, but think about it. This is what the lean mass I added would look like if it were ribeye steaks. So that's basically like putting on almost four







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