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Why do yo do this, Mike? If it were to make negs possible, I'd think it would be easier with DBs (2 hands up, 1 hand down for the neg). Just curious... :D

Either will work. In fact you can switch mid-cycle from one to the other. If you want to use a bar, don't do something that hurts. No sense in tempting injury or discomfort. BUT the best curl is an incline DB curl. More loaded stretch, at the bottom = good. See a common theme here? :D

Not at all. In fact you get a better ROM with DBs (more stretch at the bottom). So go with the DBs! You might want to do some rehab (light weight, high-rep) shoulder work. There are some nice posts by Kate & others that you can search for; look for rotator cuff and AC joint. Good luck!

You mean, for an extended period of time, longer than your typical carb-up/refeed situation.... right?

I had read that on 1fast, and on Ergopharm's site, which had prompted my question originally. Wondered if anyone's experience matched their claims. Next time I reorder protein I may include a couple bottles & see what happens.

Mike, I guess I didn't update this spreadsheet info, but I moved the dex to post-workout, 20g post only, nothing pre. Dinner is not listed there. So I'm at about 2100 on workout days, 1900 on off days. I seemed to lose most of it the first week, not much since (very slow). I'll measure...

Sorry, I was thinking supersetting antagonistic parts, which is what I'm doing right now.... duh.

Right now I'm about 170lbs, about 14%BF, age 41. I'm looking to get down to around 10-12% before bulking over the fall & winter months. I have lost 2-3 lbs & about .5-.75 inch on the waist, other measurements staying about constant so muscle preservation seems ok right now.

Let's see if this works to post it. Here's my meal plan: Workout Days Protein Carbs Fat Cals Meal 1 - Pre-workout 1 Primer 23. 4.5 1. 119. 7 Dextrose (tsp) 0. 21. 0. 35. Meal Total 23. 25.5 1. 154. Meal 2 - Post-workout 1 Driver 18. 4. 1.5 101.5 Meal...

Increasing anabolism during sleep? Don't know. I'm cutting too, and it really does blow. Only been 3 weeks and I'm already tired of the menu I created (for consistency & easy measuring of calories, etc.). I seem to be fairly carb-sensitive so I'm really trying to watch, and will...

Ok, relatively fewer carbs then! As for your other thought, I am still getting used to the idea of eating a bunch of protein + fat right before bed. I don't know that 1/3 of intake should be pre-bedtime. Yes, there can be some catabolism during sleep but I think it's infinitesimal &amp...

Equally bored at work... I hate to break it to you, Rob, but baked beans (as do other legumes) have carbs o'plenty. Check the label!

Supersetting in HST uses the same weight progression for each exercise that you normally would. And, with the superset concept there is little (or no) rest between exercises, only after both are done. For instance, if you superset DB incline bench & cable rows you'd do a set of bench...

Anybody have such an equation for women??

Bryan commented, awhile ago, that someone at my bodyweight (170-175) needs only about 2500 cals to gain (of course some will be fat), which is about 15x BW. If they were to go to 3000, expect to also gain an additional 1lb of fat per week. My impression from this is that many folks overestimate...

Tcc2 - what's your bodyweight?

Yep. UNLESS you want to remain constant, that is. If you want to cut, you have to have a calorie deficit. If you want to gain, you need surplus. Most of what you do pretty much comes down to simply that. Just my 2 cents.

If you have a relatively untrained person who begins weight training, would they have actual growth from the onset, or is there a period of time during which they first experience a "hardening" or increase in density (without increase in size, if that's possible) prior to growth, or...

Karel, I hear you! I'm near St. Paul.

Jon, thanks for the tips - I will keep those in mind when (and if) I decide to give it a try. Do update the thread if you try it, too.