Get Thicker and Wider: Hardcore Chest Workout

When these two Beasts enter the gym, they put knee pads on their elbows. To develop that much upper body mass, you need big volume, a brutal appetite, and a high pain threshold.

Author: Vincenzo Masone

My trip to FIBO Expo 2017 in Cologne, Germany was full of discoveries. It was my first time in Europe and it was my first international exhibition. In addition, for the first time in my life, I trained with Roman Fritz, a representative of the Animal brand. Thinking back, that training session was perhaps the most exciting part of the trip, and for good reason.

To put it bluntly, training with a respected IFBB professional bodybuilder is not the same thing as training with guys you know at your local gym. That said, even other IFBB pros have told me that Roman is one of the most unstoppable guys they've ever met. And the best (or worst) thing was that I had to train with Roman at his home ground in Germany.

Since the first workout wasn't legs, I wasn't worried, at least not too much. With the exception of a few calf flooding sets - Roman's choice as he tries to pull them up - it was an upper body assault with the gas pedal to the floor. From the first repetitions, it became clear to me that there was still work to be done, but I was not going to turn on the back one.

By city bus, Roman and I arrived at the Simply Fit gym in Cologne. I thought that we would do the shoulders and a little chest, but Roman had other plans. When we got to the gym, he told me that we would train the chest after we warmed up the back a little - since it is the antagonist of the chest - and calves. Then we will squeeze all the juices out of the chest ... and finish with a shoulder workout in the evening of the same day.

Since I had not yet moved away from the flight and jet lag, and besides, I knew that today I would have to get deep into the resources of the body, the pre-workout was vital. For three months, I alternated between Animal Fury and Animal Rage, taking one after the other, and then took a month off from pre-workouts to avoid addiction. In addition, before long and hard workouts, I usually took a serving of amino acids with 30-50 grams of Universal Carbo Plus carbohydrates. I knew that I was going to work at the limit, so the need for strategic refueling was not in doubt.

Roman's philosophy is to work out two or three parts of the body in training, and so twice a day. To most people, this amount of workload for one day seems insane; he has listened to such remarks hundreds of times, but he does not care about them.

“People will say that this is an excessive burden. You start with the calves, then move to the back, and then do the chest. I'm telling you that if you eat well and sleep enough, nothing will stop you. Trust me, there will be no overload that will prevent you from building muscle,” he continues. - To hell with overtraining. Feel the pain Strive for her."