The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
The answer is that, while improbable, it is not impossible. It requires
eating the elephant one bite at a time.
There are three requirements:
Requirement #1: A periodized tactical game plan. Periodization is another word for
progressive resistance preplanning. Elite powerlifters, Olympic weight lifters, and
professional athletes use periodization to stair-step their way upward to ever greater
strength levels over a specified time period, usually 1216 weeks. By expropriating a
periodization strategy and applying it to the bench press, the impossible becomes
plausible.
Toward the end of his career, Kirk Karwoski never missed a rep in any lift over an entire
12-week cycle. Can you imagine? A man sits down with a pad and pencil 12 weeks prior
to a National or World Championship, writes out the projected poundage, reps, and sets for
every single session for every workout for the next three months, then never misses a single