Transformassacre Week 6: Packing on the Muscle

Charlie's fat burning phase is a distant memory. Now it's on to serious growth.

Once again, the plan for Charlie has changed. With fat-burning and strength-building out of the way, this time the primary objective is building mass, commonly known in the industry as the "hypertrophy" phase. Within this phase of training, the key components to Charlie's success are built on "volume, variety and muscle damage," says his trainer, Dan Trink. The goal is to overload specific muscle groups with different exercises from slightly different angles and approaches to produce the most growth.

Need a visual of how the first two training phases compare?

The high intensity circuit style "Fat Burning Phase" >>

And the heavy weight hoisting