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Work

Off Winter

You’ve likely gained some weight during

these winter months. Put those calories to

good use by tackling these four foolproof
mass-gaining workouts.

B Y M & F E D I T O R S

■ IT’S THE TAIL END OF WINTER. a strength coach to several pro
For most of the country, the past few football players; CJ Murphy,
months meant a return to sweat- a strength coach, powerlifter,
ers and scarves, holiday parties, strongman, and all-around badass;
and comfort foods—all things that and Mike O’Hearn, a bodybuilder,
conspired to rob you of definition and powerlifter, and former American
steadily expand your waistline. Gladiator—to get their picks for the
And rather than fight it, we say best muscle- and strength-building
embrace it. Now is the perfect time exercises, period. We then mixed as
to shift your training to a powerbuild- many of them as we could together
ing split focused on putting up big to fashion a damn fine mass-gaining
numbers and adding prime beef to program that will have you setting
your frame so that when the warm new PRs—safely—while pumping up
weather comes back, you’ll need only the muscles that show behind even
a few weeks of dieting to shed your the ugliest sweater: the traps, shoul-
“winter coat” and reveal the dense ders, chest, and arms. We bet that

muscle beneath it. you will enjoy this routine so much,
To this end, we polled three of you’ll wish it stayed winter forever.
our favorite experts—Joe DeFranco, (Almost.)

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