Page 96 - Muscle & Fitness (February 2020)

DAMIEN PATRICK

HERE ARE USUALLY
two kinds of guys in the
gym: those who rest for
minutes between sets to
hoist heavy loads, and those
T who barely take a breather.
Although he’s certainly strong,
you’ll rarely see Damien Patrick
taking a seat. In his workouts—

hundreds of which are viewable
on his popular YouTube channel,
Damien Patrick—he’s a fast-
moving machine, each rep prac-
ticed, focused, precise.
Nowhere is this high-volume,
high-performance approach more
evident than when Patrick trains
his back. Watch him on the pullup
bar and you’ll see what we mean:

I’VE DONE 36

STRAIGHT

PULLUPS

BEFORE. I
WAS LIGHTER

BACK THEN.

There’s no kipping, straining, or
jerking upward—just 25 brisk,
strict reps, which the 230-pound
IFBB Pro League classic physique
competitor completes in about 22
seconds. Total volume for the set:
nearly 6,000 pounds—and he’s
barely breathing heavy. “I’ve done
36 reps straight before,” he says. “I
was lighter then.”
From there, it’s on to a workout
built around many of the classic
back-building moves that have
been around since the Golden
Age. “I’ve seen all the fancy move-
ments in the gym,” he says. “This
is the stuff that works.”

Shot on location at MusclePharm Gym, Burbank, CA
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