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Secrets to an insane bench: find out how NITRO-Tech helped one test subject gain an extraordinary 15 pounds of rock-hard mass and add an amazing 60 pounds to his max bench! - Special 6-Page AD Report - Muscle Tech Research and Development Inc - Advertisement

Flex,  May, 2002  

If you were asked by anyone to flex a muscle because they knew you were in the iron game, what would you do? If you're like 99 out of 100 bodybuilders, you'd most likely roll up your sleeve, raise your better arm, and flex your gun for all you're worth in an attempt to astonish the person who had requested the freak show. What if someone asks you how strong you are? Do you immediately pick up a loaded barbell and do skull crushers for your triceps? Do you get onto the lat pull-down machine and astonish onlookers with a display of sickening lat strength? Probably not. When an individual has to prove their worth in terms of strength, they inevitably turn to the most hallowed of exercises, the bench press.

Everybody has heard stories circulating around the gym claiming that so-and-so can bench four or five plates a side. You may be one of the select few who can actually lift that much, but the truth is that when push comes to shove, everybody--from new weight trainers to pro bodybuilders--hungers for an extra few pounds on their max bench. Unfortunately, if you've been at the game for a while, you know that adding another 30, 20, or even 5 pounds to your max bench is an uphill struggle. If you're sick of being stuck in a training rut, you need to find out how you can jack up the poundages on your bench.

TRAINING FOR A BIG BENCH

Gaining true strength in the bench press is comparatively simple--or you'd think so. Like riding a bike or learning to swim, if you don't practice benching, you won't succeed. You must understand, however, that practice alone won't necessarily deliver the fastest results possible on the bench. You need to formulate an overall plan of attack. Like a general going to war, you can't fight a battle without first understanding what you're up against. The bench not only involves your pecs, but also your delts, your triceps, and even your lats. To improve your bench you need a program designed to strengthen and coordinate all these muscle groups into the execution of the perfect, massively powered lift. To improve your muscles you must start from the ground up, and that calls for focusing on a lot more than just your pecs.

As much as big benching is about having big pecs, you won't move maximum poundages if you don't strengthen your supporting muscles, That means you've also got to focus on delts, lats, and triceps. The principle of explosive reps can be used when training all these muscle groups. Blow the positive through the roof (while maintaining proper form) and fight the negative with every fiber of your being. The principle is quite simple. What's even simpler is supplementing your clean, high-protein diet with NITRO-Tech to help send your bench skyrocketing while gaining serious mass!

YOU WANT AN INSANE BENCH? ADD NITRO-TECH TO YOUR GAME PLAN!

If you've been following the supplement industry lately, you're probably aware that NITRO-Tech is the ultra- advanced whey protein supplement that has been shown to be up to 24 times better than regular whey protein. You already know that NITRO-Tech is the cutting-edge whey protein that has several years of research supporting it. Still, you are interested in adding extra pounds to your bench, and not just extra shredded muscle, so listen up!

In one clinical study at the University of Saskatchewan, weight-trained individuals who were taking NITRO-Tech gained significantly more lean mass and strength in the bench and squat compared to the subject group given regular whey protein. At the end of this clinical study, the NITRO-Tech subjects gained an average of nearly nine pounds of mass. What's more? They also added an average of over 35 pounds to their max bench! In fact, one subject actually increased his bench from 255 to an amazing 315 pounds. That's an extraordinary 60 extra pounds, and he did it in only six weeks! You can imagine how much fuller and harder his pecs were with that kind of strength gain. He also gained an extraordinary 15 pounds of mass and dropped 2 percent bodyfat! That's nothing short of amazing!

But remember, just as individuals and the intensity of their workout programs vary, so too will results. However, you can rest assured knowing that NITRO-Tech provides a superior protein delivery system designed specifically with the hardcore bodybuilder in mind. Forget excuses--NITRO-Tech has been engineered to help you push your potential to the limit. Tired of useless protein drinks that don't produce results? NITRO-Tech is one advanced whey protein product with actual research to back up its claims.

So what makes up NITRO-Tech's cutting-edge protein technology? NITRO-Tech contains whey protein, but not just regular whey protein. Instead, NITRO-Tech contains WPI-97, the highest quality whey protein isolate in the world! NITRO-Tech is much, much more than just the finest whey protein. It couples this superior protein source with a one-of-a-kind protein delivery system.

NITRO-Tech's protein delivery system works in the following way. Most bodybuilders think of their physiques as top-of-the-line race cars. Well, you wouldn't fuel your car with regular gasoline if you wanted it to win the Daytona 500, would you? Of course not. You'd fuel that engine with high-octane fuel. NITRO-Tech is that high-octane fuel your body needs to grow to freaky proportions. But even with the right fuel you still need a way to get it into the tank of the car as quickly as possible. How does NITRO-Tech do that? Well, in two ways. First, you can enlarge the size of the hose leading from the pump to the tank so fuel is delivered faster. And second, you can make sure that the tank is free of any other substance so that only the highest octane fuel goes in.