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FLEX_5 TIPS

Try pre-
exhausting
your muscles
before hitting
the big lifts.

“FEEL” SETS While many
Train Smarter 1“warmup sets,” Cutler insists
people refer to these as

that these sets are more than
and Harder just going through the motions

prior to getting into your working
sets. Being in tune with your
body becomes more and more
Four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler says you can both
important the further along
train for serious mass and stay injury-free. Here’s how. you get with your training, and

knowing when your body is ready
to start moving heavier weights
THERE’S NO WAY AROUND IT. If you’re training to put on serious is key. Cutler recommends sets
muscle, you have to be willing to train heavy and hard. The road to an of no fewer than 15 reps and
elite physique can be a long one, and nothing will slow down or poten- believes there’s no right number
tially even permanently halt your progress like an injury. of sets to do prior to your working T H I S PAG E A N D O P P O S I T E : K E V I N H O RT O N
By his early 20s, Jay Cutler had already built enough mass to rival sets, hence the name “feel sets.”
many of the IFBB Pro League’s top physiques, and throughout his nearly “Sometimes I’ll do my feel sets
two-decade career, he found many ways to continue building quality size just before my first few exercises;

while avoiding serious injury. Here, the four-time Olympia champ shares sometimes I’ll do them prior to
his top-five tips for training for serious size while remaining injury-free. all working sets in a day,” he says.

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