The other day, I mentioned that my good buddy Andy Hepler from Hepler Strength & Conditioning here in North Carolina was putting himself through the final version of my muscle building programs, “Body Armor”.

Well, Andy called me the other day, and he was telling me that DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness – in other words, being sore a day or two *after* your workout) had been an absolute bitch w/this workout, and we were trying to figure out why.

Finally, we figured it out.

See, prior to going back to Body Armor (Andy had been a beta tester of some of the ‘rough draft’ versions of the program a while back), Andy had been on a workout that had him focusing pretty much just on a few basic exercises.

On the other hand, Body Armor is a complete, well-rounded workout that directly (and indirectly) targets every muscle group.

See, there are a lot of different programs out there (even some of the ones that I’ve designed) that focus on just a few exercises. And if you’re trying to maximize training economy – ‘bang for your buck’ – then that’s fine.

But if you want total development, then, well, you have to have a total workout.

Why was Andy getting sore (and I’ve experienced the same kinda thing before)? Because he was finally back to training certain musculature in a direct fashion that hadn’t been directly trained in quite a while. And if you’re not directly training something, then you’re not gonna get direct development (in strength, power, or muscular size).

It’s kinda like arm training. A lot of guys like to say if you want big triceps, then you should just press (bench, overhead press, dip, etc) heavy. And that’s true to a point. You can’t do any one of those exercises heavy w/o big & strong triceps.

But, just doing those exercises by themselves will never build your triceps (again, in strength, power, or size) to their full capacity as you could do if you were doing direct triceps work.

Well, take that concept, and apply it across your entire body.

That’s the great thing about Body Armor.

Body Armor is a program that trains you to not only be strong, powerful, and add muscular size, but trains your *entire* body…not just a few muscle groups.

If you wanna be strong…explosive…powerful…fast…and big…

…and you wanna be that way across the board…then check out Body Armor.

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Have a kickass weekend.

Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Muscle Building Workouts | Muscle Building Programs | Cardio Fitness | MMA Workout | MMA Training

I get a lot of questions on diet, nutrition, and that kinda thing.

Well, there are about as many different answers to nutrition questions as there are training questions. And like training, in one way or another, they’re all “right” and all can “work”. It’s just that some stuff works better than others.

For me, when it comes to an eating plan, nothing has ever worked better than not eating during the whole day, and just having all my food in a few hour ‘window’ at night.

It’s called “Intermittent Fasting” – sometimes also called “End of Day (EOD) Refeeds”.

Why do I like it?

-I don’t have to worry about eating throughout the day

-I find myself feeling a lot “lighter” w/o always having food in my system

-my energy levels have skyrocketed

-It sucks at first being hungry during the day (you get used to it pretty quick, though), but the idea of getting to eat a big, fulfilling meal – instead of some pansy-ass, calorie counted meal – makes you get through it

-I can actually be a little more ‘flexible’ w/my diet, and still be good – case in point, a couple nights ago, my dinner consisted of a smaller protein shake, a huge piece of grilled chicken, and 3 beers (lol)

Trust me – this way of eating rocks.

Why does it work? There are a ton of reasons, but I’d rather explaining them to people that know more about diet than I do.

So, if you’re smart, first thing you’ll do is start taking in all your calories at the end of the day.

Second thing you’ll do is check out “Eat, Stop, Eat” – the best resource available on Intermittent Fasting / EOD Refeed style eating.

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Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Muscle Building Workouts | Muscle Building Programs | Cardio Fitness | MMA Workout | MMA Training

As many of y’all know now, I’ve got new muscle building workouts out call “Body Armor”.

My good buddy Andy, of Hepler Strength & Conditioning in Thomasville, NC has just restarted the final version of the program. (I had Andy beta testing the workouts initially, and I tweaked them based on his and others’ feedback.)

Well, here is part of an email Andy sent me yesterday:

“Was sweating heavily and ‘feeling it’, but felt good the rest of the day for doing the workout… Like today was hard but I felt good afterwards…It’s not just semantics. There is ‘hard in a good way’ and there is ‘so hard I can do it, but I pay the price for the next 4 days hard’.

What I like so far about Body Armor is that it’s the ‘hard in a good way’ workouts…Anyway just wanted to let you know I really like it so far.”

Thanks Andy – I appreciate it, man.

Here’s the deal, if you’re interested in a program that will:

-build a muscular, good-looking, and usable physique
-help you become stronger & more explosive
-not fry your CNS (see ya later overtraining!)
-develop ‘power-conditioning’ so that you not only become more powerful, but also lose some bodyfat along the way
-be more athletic
-be a very well-balanced, “all around” program

Then you really should give Body Armor a look.

=>Click Here & Check out “Body Armor”

Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Muscle Building Workouts | Muscle Building Programs | Cardio Fitness | MMA Workout | MMA Training

PS – almost forgot – got a quick tip from my long-time customer & buddy, Chad Minor yesterday. He said that he’s been mixing his creatine w/sugar-free Red Bull. He said it tastes better than usual, gives him some extra energy, and has been leading to some great workouts! Give it a shot and see if it works for you.

I know that everybody always wants to get stronger. Especially us dudes. It’s just part of our nature.

But at what point does “strong” become “strong enough”?

Case in point – my good buddy trains high school and middle school athletes in his gym. And he’s turned some of them into absolute monsters. One kid, in particular, can squat in the 450 lbs range, and he weighs around 175. That’s over 2.5x bodyweight.

Now, just how much stronger does this kid have to get? To start putting a lot more weight on the bar, he’s gonna have to start getting bigger & heavier, which for the sports he plays, and at his height, could end up hindering him.

So, Andy & I have talked about whether or not he needs to get too much stronger, and we’re both of the same mind – no. Could he get stronger? Sure. But is it all that necessary? Not really.

He *could*, however, always get more powerful.

I mean, he’s already super-powerful as it is (you should see this kid jump!), but he’s got more capability. So, Andy & I are of the mind that he’s better off maintaining the strength he has and converting as much of it to power as possible. I mean, could you imagine not only squatting 450 lbs (at 175, remember), but doing it so hard and fast that you wanna come up on your toes when you do it?

Oh yeah. That’s awesome. Pure power and athleticism, right there.

But, what if he coulda been working on that kinda strength & power at the same time?

Well, that is the basis behind the set/rep scheme that I center my new program, “Body Armor”, around.

(And w/the volume I put in the program, it’s KICKASS for putting lean, hard, muscle on.)

=>CHECK OUT ‘BODY ARMOR’ HERE

Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Muscle Building Workouts | Muscle Building Programs | Cardio Fitness | MMA Workout | MMA Training

Ok, this has been something I’ve been wanting to talk about for a while, now.

I’ve been talking power training off and on for a week or two, and I wanna cover a way of training I’ve been using and having others test out, and it’s kicking some major ass.

Now, the idea behind power training is to move heavy sh!t as fast as you can, right?

Moving lighter weights really super-duper fast generates power, but if you slow up on the speed at all, then you’re screwed. (And for this to work, you damn well better be strong already, b/c if not, don’t expect to get stronger training this way.)

And lifting monster weights is awesome, but when the weights are too heavy, you’re gonna be moving slowly. No way around it.

But what if you could find a mesh of the two? You know, not the best for power alone, nor the best for strength alone, but a ‘best of both worlds’ kinda scenario?

You could:

-lift heavy enough to maintain (and build) strength

-still lift fast enough to improve your explosiveness

-get to the point where you were lifting heavy sh!t quickly

-not blast your CNS in oblivion b/c you’re not at the ‘max’ levels of either one

Sound cool? Well, add in just the right amount of volume, then it also turns into a bitchin’ program for putting muscle
on. And it’s not ‘show’ muscle that’s only good for strutting around onstage in a banana-hammock.

Instead, it’s that muscle that not only makes you look strong, but be strong. Think NFL linebacker or MW UFC fighter
kinda build.

Would you be interested in that? (Who wouldn’t!?!) If so, then you gotta check out “Body Armor”.

…and just what is “Body Armor”?

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Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Muscle Building Workouts | Muscle Building Programs | Cardio Fitness | MMA Workout | MMA Training