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I was a noob when I started, so i actually reached that point 2nd HST cycle :) pzhang

Happy bday dood. thanks for helping all of us out. Big brothering out for all of us and watching us grow literally and figuratively. pzhang

metabolic stress is always good, allows for better nutrition partitioning, more pumped look, longer glycogen replenishing time, so logically it would be a good idea to increase the frequency of metabolic stress, but the problem is that most metabolic fatiguing exercises are a strain on the...

10-12x a week.

the 15s during the 5s is for metabolic fatigue during the 5s. If you don't want to do burn sets during the 5s, its fine. I would advise just doing the compound + burn set for compounds. This should provide enough microtrauma plus metabolic fatigue. pzhang

protein is a good supplement. uhh protein mmm protein =)

if 110 was your 15 RM for this cycle, and you went to failure on it by uping the volume, maybe you could just take an extra day off for your CNS to recover, esp since u'd gone to failure with some other excercises also. As long as the load is being incremented in general you are fine, it is ok...

THat's prefectly fine. You just don't load on the second day because your muscles need to recover. THeres much talk on the forum from 4x to 12x a week. As long as you can manage the fatigue it is fine to increase frequency which is argueably better with protein synthesis, nutrition partitioning...

I don't think progression from burn sets provide hypertrophy. I stay pretty close to my 15RM for a burn set during my 5s. Now, with some of Jules' help, I've learned that i can stay pretty far away from CNS fatigue from burn sets by pulsing stretch excercises for 15-20 reps as burn sets. This...

haha. i just got whooped in boxing today. a little black eye and welt on the cheek. pzhang

the reason for 1 day of rest is to keep within the 48 hour period of upped muscle anabolism, i think that includes protein synthesis, metabolism and other junk. After 48 the effects will taper off, but they are still there. So as long as you keep following the concepts of higher freq, consistent...

thats fine since u upped the load already. Just go through with it and extend 5s, cluster, try to add more. then SD for 9-14 days. You're still following the principles so everything is fine. I would do 14 days. pzhang

not really. I think there was a thread on this where someone was worried about GH release and protein turnover, but the conclusion was that it didn't really make a significant difference. So no, food intake at night doesn't matter. total cals day/week is what counts pzhang

it really depends on the person Henry. Just give it a try, as long as you stick to good eating with consistent HST, you will get gains no matter what. Some of the guys here will tell you that doing the 15 10s 5s are better, some will say 15,12,10,8 is better, some will say super high freq is...

think of HST as a concept. Bryan wrote 15 10 5 because it would be much easier for the noobs like me to understand. As long as you incoporate the main aspects such as incrementing the loads frequently(which is fine with 15s, 12s, 10s, 8s, 6s) then you are fine. Think of the HST calculator as a...

you've always been pretty ripped since the first pics you posted(the ones with you flexing on the lawn) how much bigger have you gotten? It's hard to tell from the old pics, but u look good. bigger version of brad pitt. haha best of luck pzhang

If you workout in the evening I would say you would need those PM carbs like madd. I think it's all about timing. Others had suggested that as more time passes by from your last workout, taper down the carbs. keep protein up. pzhang

I do AM PM fullbody. I just have a protein shake with some fruit in the morning about 15 mins before workout. Things work fine with me for that, and then right after i have a humoungoulous brunch kinda thing :D pzhang

the pros :confused: . They just make sure she has her massages and work the arm bike every so often.

Ok, I have a friend that is decently injured from a car accident and just random things. She is trying to get more fit,and I thought well... HST has done me this much, its good to spread the word. I just don't want to setup any workout plans/routines that'll screw things up. So this is the...