Dany Gym

We have been wanting to do this for years. Re-create the Colorado experiment, workout for workout, set for set. Just like Casey Viator did in 1973. We didn’t pu...t on 40+ lbs of muscle like Casey did but the results for us were great. In one month (14 workouts) I put on 14 lbs, Marzanek put on 12 lbs and Spike put on 8lbs. This is more inline with what Jones accomplished putting on 15 lbs. We recorded every set, rep, workout time and before and after measurements. Here are some of the more notable numbers. On my negative Pullover I went from 225x12 to 305x11. We were starting to worry about how much we could strap to the weight stack and if we would need a 3rd spotter to get the weight over. Marzanek on the Omni Chest went from 150x14 to 220x8. Spike using positive reps on the Duo-Squat had an incredible performance going from 427.5x20 (10 each leg) to 520x18 (9 each leg). That’s more then maxing out the super stack duo-squat for reps. Spike and myself for the weight gain only put on our waists and Marzanek’s back looks considerably wider then before. A couple of interesting notes. The participants were aged mid 20’s, mid 30’s and mid 40’s showing that across a good age spectrum how powerful resistance training can be. Due to the lockdown it allowed us all to really maximize recovery. I never slept less then 8 hours per night and with daily naps that seemed necessary to make it to the next workout my daily sleep averaged around 10 hours. Also, about half way through I started to lose weight and had to increase calories weekly to keep up. In a typical work schedule this would be hard to do. Spike noted he felt he could have eaten more! We had completed 2 other case studies in 2019 which were 2 months each. One focusing on increasing volume over the weeks and the other with working at very high reps. For both efforts we had little to show for it. However very hard, brief, very heavy workouts was the best for all of us. We have a mountain of data so if anyone has any questions we would be happy to answer.

We have been wanting to do this for years. Re-create the Colorado experiment, workout for workout, set for set. Just like Casey Viator did in 1973. We didn’t pu...t on 40+ lbs of muscle like Casey did but the results for us were great. In one month (14 workouts) I put on 14 lbs, Marzanek put on 12 lbs and Spike put on 8lbs. This is more inline with what Jones accomplished putting on 15 lbs. We recorded every set, rep, workout time and before and after measurements. Here are some of the more notable numbers. On my negative Pullover I went from 225x12 to 305x11. We were starting to worry about how much we could strap to the weight stack and if we would need a 3rd spotter to get the weight over. Marzanek on the Omni Chest went from 150x14 to 220x8. Spike using positive reps on the Duo-Squat had an incredible performance going from 427.5x20 (10 each leg) to 520x18 (9 each leg). That’s more then maxing out the super stack duo-squat for reps. Spike and myself for the weight gain only put on our waists and Marzanek’s back looks considerably wider then before. A couple of interesting notes. The participants were aged mid 20’s, mid 30’s and mid 40’s showing that across a good age spectrum how powerful resistance training can be. Due to the lockdown it allowed us all to really maximize recovery. I never slept less then 8 hours per night and with daily naps that seemed necessary to make it to the next workout my daily sleep averaged around 10 hours. Also, about half way through I started to lose weight and had to increase calories weekly to keep up. In a typical work schedule this would be hard to do. Spike noted he felt he could have eaten more! We had completed 2 other case studies in 2019 which were 2 months each. One focusing on increasing volume over the weeks and the other with working at very high reps. For both efforts we had little to show for it. However very hard, brief, very heavy workouts was the best for all of us. We have a mountain of data so if anyone has any questions we would be happy to answer.

We have been wanting to do this for years. Re-create the Colorado experiment, workout for workout, set for set. Just like Casey Viator did in 1973. We didn’t pu...t on 40+ lbs of muscle like Casey did but the results for us were great. In one month (14 workouts) I put on 14 lbs, Marzanek put on 12 lbs and Spike put on 8lbs. This is more inline with what Jones accomplished putting on 15 lbs. We recorded every set, rep, workout time and before and after measurements. Here are some of the more notable numbers. On my negative Pullover I went from 225x12 to 305x11. We were starting to worry about how much we could strap to the weight stack and if we would need a 3rd spotter to get the weight over. Marzanek on the Omni Chest went from 150x14 to 220x8. Spike using positive reps on the Duo-Squat had an incredible performance going from 427.5x20 (10 each leg) to 520x18 (9 each leg). That’s more then maxing out the super stack duo-squat for reps. Spike and myself for the weight gain only put on our waists and Marzanek’s back looks considerably wider then before. A couple of interesting notes. The participants were aged mid 20’s, mid 30’s and mid 40’s showing that across a good age spectrum how powerful resistance training can be. Due to the lockdown it allowed us all to really maximize recovery. I never slept less then 8 hours per night and with daily naps that seemed necessary to make it to the next workout my daily sleep averaged around 10 hours. Also, about half way through I started to lose weight and had to increase calories weekly to keep up. In a typical work schedule this would be hard to do. Spike noted he felt he could have eaten more! We had completed 2 other case studies in 2019 which were 2 months each. One focusing on increasing volume over the weeks and the other with working at very high reps. For both efforts we had little to show for it. However very hard, brief, very heavy workouts was the best for all of us. We have a mountain of data so if anyone has any questions we would be happy to answer.