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I'm fairly sure it doesn't work that way....but aaron knows a hell of a lot more about it than I do so if he says it doesn't matter I'm willing to bet it doesn't matter :-D Personally I wouldn't like milk before a workout because it feels a lot 'heavier' in my stomach, if that makes sense? As...

I meant pre-workout...obviously I have heard of using milk generally!

I didn't realise people did use milk in their pre-workout whey shake...so in answer to your question I guess yes I have heard of not doing it! Why not just mix it with water?

Hey man, I wasn't casting doubts on your knowledge, just wanted to make sure the guy didn't get the wrong idea. I didn't mean to cause offence, sorry if I did Cheers Rob

why do you choose dips as a triceps exercise?

Hi everyone, A thought just occurred to me today as I was making up my post workout shake and looking for a banana to eat with it...I'd ran out of bananas but a box of apple pies caught my eye...full of simple sugars..why not I thought?! Best post workout snack I've ever had! So is post...

I have to disagree with this...I've always asked people questions in the gym, especially when I first started although it was intimidating...now I do it less as I feel I know a lot more than most people in my gym thanks to a lot of research on the internet and especially this site...so now when...

No you're getting slightly confused (probably our fault!) - dips or chins are not interchangeable with curls and skullcrushers. Dips are for your chest, chins are for your back. However because they are heavy compound movements they will also work your tris/bis respectively. Because of the...

Isolation movements may be less effective than compound but that doesn't mean using movements that emphasise stretch in addition to compound movements isn't a good idea

I like incline curls for biceps and either one arm extensions or skullcrushers for triceps - mainly because these exercises give a better stretch. Check out vicious's customising thread for reasons to choose isolation exercises that emphasise strectch... Cheers Rob

I like incline curls for biceps and either one arm extensions or skullcrushers for triceps - mainly because these exercises give a better stretch. Check out vicious's customising thread for reasons to choose isolation exercises that emphasise strectch... Cheers Rob

Hi guys, Sorry if it gets annoying with people continually posting their routines for inspection but I just fancied having people take a glance over my current one so if you have any opinions I'd love to hear them. I've split my routine into 3 separate sessions, going to the gym 4-5 times a...

He has a slight point regarding momentum...but its completely irrelevant if you know what your heart rate is etc because you're obviously putting in enough effort to get your heart rate up to that amount...it might just be that some people wouldn't realise this and think they're doing a lot of...

Zigzagging is one way around this problem, personally though I feel it is simply a way to fit in with the 15s-10s-5s set up, which is in turn a simple framework to allow someone to work out using the principles of HST. Personally I've got out of the idea of using 15s, 10s and 5s and simply...

Hi there, I'm a little confused, your routine means that you're going to the gym 4-5 times a week whereas with the basic HST programme you'll only be going 3 times....I realise that each muscle group gets 2 days of rest but I would have thought just going to the gym 3 times would be easier. If...

I started doing deadlifts in my last cycle and was similarly confused at the time, not saying I'm an expert but I did look into it quite a bit. I think the first thing you need to do is decide what your target muscles are for the deadlift, why are you doing it? I started off doing what most...

Hi everyone, The only problem I have with everything that's been said so far is that it has been taken down to a situation of comparing 5s and negs, as if there is no other scope for progression beyond 5s. I only do negs with dips but after I've reached my 5rm I carry on progressing for a...

a mid-fielder worthy of arsenal....sounds to me like it would be easy to achieve that low level of fitness :D :D :D :D :D Now an everton midfielder...that's true fitness for you...have to make up for the distinct lack of talent unfortunately :confused:

Thanks for the opinions guys. Just to make it clear I was proposing using a support...although weight lifting shoes are probably better than just putting weights on the floor as I was thinking of I think I'll try a wider stance and see how that feels...if I still have problems then I'll try...

I was just reading some stuff saying the same thing actually :-( Does that mean I should just continue going to 10 or 20 degrees above parallel? Because that's as far as I can get down without moving my heels up! :mad: