Recent content by kbaum

Smoking actually encourges rapid growth, causing a nutrient partitioning effect whereby fewer calories go towards fat and muscle and more go towards malignant tumors. ;)

I saw a guy doing this, and imitated it: I use the rope attachment, and I face away from the pulley with the pulley positioned above my head and push outward, my body bent about 90 degrees. As I push outward, I start with palms facing each other, then gradually rotate my palms so that they face...

When I first start doing lat pulldowns in an HST cycle, I lower the bar till it touches my chest. The weight is light enough that I can do that pretty easily. Towards the end of my cycle, I reach a point where I can no longer do this. I figure that's not so bad--only a small part of the...

I understood that perhaps the primary reason bodybuilders are interested in EFAs (or at least EPA and DHA) is that they can reduce fat gain while bulking? An excerpt from this site: http://www.ironmagazine.com/review44.html However, Aaron writes: By "nutrient partitioning" he...

I seem to remember Bryan writing that protein synthesis goes up by 50 percent after 4 hours, is at its highest 24 hours after a workout, and drops back to baseline after 36 hours. So I'd think that 24 hours after the workout you should have plenty of protein in your system. Ie, if you work out...

Related question (maybe it's been asked before): I'm trying Driver right now, and it occurred to me to take it before bed so since it enters the blood stream slowly. (The graph on the container suggests amino acids are still at a fairly high concentration after 5 hours.) Having a limited...

Thanks for all the suggestions! I hadn't even thought about where to position my shoulders during dips. I'll try keeping them down and back, along with the other ideas you've all mentioned.

Thanks for the suggestions! About leaning forward on dips: One problem is that I wear a dipping belt around my waist (actually just a regular leather belt looped thru weight plates), and this pulls my lower body downward so that leaning forward is quite difficult, at least when using a parallel...

I'm trying a variety of tweaks to get better pec results, and I have some questions about things I've read about or thought of. (1) On a bench press, I've read of the recommendation of tucking the shoulder blades back behind you as you lift, in order to place more emphasis on the pecs and take...

I came across this quote regarding range of motion, and I'm wondering if it's a valid point. (The quote comes from this page .) I recall a quote from Bryan on this site where he says that research shows that the most hypertrophic part of a lift is the portion where there's the most stretch...

In the diet and nutrition FAQ, Bryan writes: When Bryan refers to the ability of the body to "grow", does he mean grow muscle, fat, or simply weight?

It seems to me that you could rephrase Stud_From_Wsburg's question this way: "if I train every day, won't I damage my muscles faster than they can repair themselves?" The fact that muscles continue to repair themselves while they are trained doesn't mean they repair themselves to the...

You seem to be saying one can do without isolation excercises, which would mean one could do away with all bicep excercises. I'm confused on this topic, just like Stoked_on_HST. By including bicep curls, HST seems to admit there is a role for isolation movements. If they are needed, why aren't...