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FLEX_GÜNTERS GUIDE

FAIL

“We push most sets right to fail-
ure,” Glass says. “As a bodybuild-
er, I know what another person
can endure. I’ll push them right
to that point.” He remains at the

ready to assist with a forced rep
or two. “I always watch the ex-
pression on a person’s face. You
can tell by watching their faces
if they need some help, and I put
my fingers under the bar and
help them through it.”

GET EXHAUSTED

Glass doesn’t care at all about
the pump, and he doesn’t care
much about the weight. He
cares a lot about putting in the
work, pushing the muscles to
places they haven’t gone before.
“A lot of people just try to lift
heavier weights and get a little
pump, but they never exhaust
the muscles,” he said in 2002.
“We really try to wipe the mus-
cles out, totally exhaust them.
Today we worked it until we got
failure from him. I always say
that if a person can do a pushup

or dip after a chest workout,
we didn’t tax the muscles hard
enough.”

PRIORITIZE

It wasn’t enough to zero in on
Schlierkamp’s weaknesses. Next,
Glass devised a plan to give
those areas the highest priority.
Deltoids were hit alone in their
own workouts. Back thickness
received a weekly workout
separate from back width. And
upper chest was stressed first in
each chest routine with incline
presses and flyes. Other chest
exercises, like cable crossovers,
might be altered to better focus

on the highest areas of the pecs
(by bringing the handles up from A L A M Y
low positions).

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