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Jared Padalecki featured in a page of the July 06 edition of Men's Health shown in the last gif.

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He went from string bean to star. Supernatural? No, just big weights and big shakes.

Jared Padalecki was a skinny kid when he landed a role on Gilmore Girls. Now, at 25, he's the star of his own WB series, Supernatural, and has the body of a leading man. His transformation began after a 4-inch growth spurt, to his current 6'4''. "Suddenly I really needed to add muscle mass," he says. He packed on 35 pounds of muscle while staying lean. He credits Scot Mendelson, a two-time world bench-press champion who guides Padalecki through short but intense workouts and encouraged him to snack on 600-calorie protein shakes.

Pack on plates to pack on size: Mendelson goes old school on guys like Padalecki: Get strong to get big. "The heavier weights you use, the more muscle fibers you'll activate, leading to greater growth," he says. Research shows that for experienced lifters, muscle fibers grow the most when you use weights that are 80 to 95 percent of the amount you can lift once. Beginners, go lighter: You'll gain the most strength at 60 percent of your best effort.

SPN 1.10 | Asylum

Jared Padalecki featured in a page of the July 06 edition of Men's Health shown in the last gif.

Article:

He went from string bean to star. Supernatural? No, just big weights and big shakes.

Jared Padalecki was a skinny kid when he landed a role on Gilmore Girls. Now, at 25, he's the star of his own WB series, Supernatural, and has the body of a leading man. His transformation began after a 4-inch growth spurt, to his current 6'4''. "Suddenly I really needed to add muscle mass," he says. He packed on 35 pounds of muscle while staying lean. He credits Scot Mendelson, a two-time world bench-press champion who guides Padalecki through short but intense workouts and encouraged him to snack on 600-calorie protein shakes.

Pack on plates to pack on size: Mendelson goes old school on guys like Padalecki: Get strong to get big. "The heavier weights you use, the more muscle fibers you'll activate, leading to greater growth," he says. Research shows that for experienced lifters, muscle fibers grow the most when you use weights that are 80 to 95 percent of the amount you can lift once. Beginners, go lighter: You'll gain the most strength at 60 percent of your best effort.

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