Continuing on from Part 3 of the Deadpool Mega Muscle Mass Workout…
Psoas
Hip Flexion
In most of my clients, I see the unfortunate combination of weak yet chronically tight psoas (hip flexors).
So, for this muscle group, I like to combine strength training with an aggressive flexibility routine.
So, if you are going to train your hip flexors with this program, you NEED to balance it with some flexibility work.
- Heavy Partial: N/A
- Isos: Flexing your hip, push your knee/thigh into an immovable object and hold for 2-5 seconds per rep for 3-8 reps. Options include the underside of a table with your upper-body weight pushing down on the tabletop, or leaning against a wall & driving your knee into a stability ball placed against the wall, or this supine method shown in the video
- Plyos: N/A
- Vibrations: High Knees - 3-8 reps per leg
Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Hanging Leg Raises – 3-8 reps
Glutes/Hams
Hip Extension
- Heavy Partial: Partial Deadlifts or Good Mornings out of a Power Rack – 3-8 reps
- Isos: Using the same Power Rack, grab an unloaded barbell and Deadlift or Good Morning the bar up into the Power Rack pins. It’s your muscular force pulling up into an immovable object (the power rack) (see the iso bicep curl video for reference) – 3-8 reps
- Plyos: Broad Jumps – 3-8 reps
- Vibrations: Bodyweight Hip Thrusts - 3-8 reps – move as quick as possible
Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Hip Thrusts or Deadlifts or Good Mornings – 3-8 reps
Hams
Knee Flexion
- Heavy Partial: Partial Glute-Ham Raise (holding DB or band resistance) – 3-8 reps
- Isos: Partner assisted Isometric G-H Raise or Leg Curl (have a partner resist your movement) – 2-5 sec hold for 3-8 reps
- Plyos: N/A
- Vibrations: Seated Band Leg Curls - 3-8 reps per leg – move faster than the big fella in the video
Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Glute-Ham Raises – 3-8 reps
Quads
- Heavy Partial: Partial Squats out of the Power Rack – 3-8 reps
- Isos: Iso Squat out of the Power Rack (barbell or hip squat belt) – hold each rep for 2-5 seconds per rep for 3-8 reps.
- Plyos: Depth Jumps – 3-8 reps
- Vibrations: Jumping Squats – Bodyweight only - 3-8 reps
Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Squats, Front Squats, Zercher Squats, Bulgarian Squats – 3-8 reps
Calves
Gastroc
- Heavy Partial: Partial Standing Calf Raise (Machine)
- Isos: Using a barbell & a Power Rack, set the rack pins so that you can calf raise up into the pins (just like the iso bicep curls) 2-5 seconds per rep for 3-8 reps.
- Plyos: Ankle Bounces – 3-8 reps
- Vibrations: Light weight Calf Raises - 3-8 reps
Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Standing Calf Raises – 3-20 reps
Calves
Soleus
- Heavy Partial: Partial Seated Calf Raise (Machine)
- Isos: N/A
- Plyos: N/A
- Vibrations: Light weight Seated Calf Raises - 3-8 reps
Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Seated Calf Raises – 3-20 reps
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Alright, that’s it for Part 4 of the Deadpool Mega Muscle Mass Workout
In Part 5, I will wrap this series up by showing you how to put together your own workout as well as introducing you to the Deadpool Getting Ripped Workout
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Awesome series Doug!
-Matt
where can part 5 and beyond be found?
It will be early in the new year.
I have been guinea pigging a new & improved program and I am seeing the results right now. I will write over the holidays & post “hopefully” Jan 2 or 3
Thanks for asking
If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask
Nice, I am so looking forward to doing this workout…I think I want to stretch it (including the ripping stage) out to about 16 weeks starting at the end of february which is when my swim season ends
I did have a question about the muscle building stage and the suggested exercises given….should i split them into about 2 or 3 groups and do them each like twice per week?….
Wow great workout and awesome results! Did you ever do the “deadpool getting ripped” workout? Definitely would be interested in that as well.
Rich – check out the HH facebook page. I have just started a FREE workout group designed specifically along the lines of the “Deadpool getting ripped” concept.
All you have to do is join the facebook page and voila!..free workouts for a year
Thanks Doug – one other thing, how exactly would you put together a workout using the deadpool mega muscle mass workout? i.e. what type of splits/how many exercises/sets per body part per workout? I might want to try this out first out. Thanks again and great site.
Thanks this helpped me out alot. I appreciate it
I really appreciate your post DR! I’m really looking forward to the 5th post about the Deadpool mega muscle mass! About the first 4 parts, you said you do a full body workout…. do you do some or all of the exercises in the first four parts? Thanks again for sharing!
Excellent stuff so far!! Any news on when part 5 will be available? Thanks x
I will try and finish it off this weekend. I have been running tests on my personal training guinea pigs for months and I have a ton of data – Need to finish compiling and write the damn article
Thanks, really enjoyed the articles. Eagerly awaiting part V