The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
for the squat an astonishing 100 pounds during his reign, from 903 to 1,003 pounds, and this
world record still stands 16 years later.
Marty is also a three-time master powerlifting world champion and six-time master national
powerlifting champion, not to mention that he coached the U.S. powerlifting squad to the IPF
world team title in 1991.
Suffice to say, he understands the subtleties of the iron game.
In his words, what follows was his pound-by-pound, workout-by-workout presciption for me,
or anyone who wants to add 100 pounds to their current max in six months.
Enter Marty Gallagher
Is it possible for a regular fellow with a 200-pound bench press to add 100 pounds to his bench
press in six months? 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