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I have it in a zip file, but it is too big for me to upload here. If you want to drop me your email address I'll try to send the zip file to you. It is probably downloadable from somewhere here also.

"...re: Mike & Ray... remember how they both dropped dead..??" Jester, Mike Mentzer was my friend and had inherited his heart difficulties from his dad, just as I have. He also did a horrible job of taking care of himself once he stopped competing. Now, I fully understand the...

Based on the function of the pectoral muscle, decline presses or dips probably hit it better. Some of us have a tendency to develop the chest a little too heavy in the lower area for our tastes, though. Using an incline (or perhaps even a Gironda neck press) places more stress on the pec minor...

"i have been doing 1 month of jreps... " How have you been doing jreps, Shakeel?  Which version are you using, and are you doing it as part of common HST routine or have you altered your workout specifically for jreps?  Are you training to failure?  Do you see what you started with...

There is a great discussion regarding number of sets in the FAQ, located here: http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com/cgi-bin....=13;t=7 I'm doing more currently, but I've gotten good results from just one set during previous cycles.

Have you noticed a lot of muscle growth since you have been training in this fashion, Sub? I understand the greater inroad and greater exhaustion and different feeling that you are talking about, but occlusion studies have shown mad growth in just a couple of weeks ... Are YOU getting bigger...

I've experienced it since I was in college, and I'm 47 now. My friends might give me crap about it on that night, but over time virtually every single one of them has come to me at some point and said they admired me and wished they had my discipline. Don't get me wrong ... I had my share of...

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L.I.T.N., I'm guessing you are basing your opinion on the strict adherence to the sample routine Bryan outlined. You will find that allowances are made for trainees with more experience. Ronnie Coleman doesn't use HST, but then Ronnie could grow from chewing gum with his genetics and (ahem)...

Mikey, I'm starting a new cycle Monday and you would NOT believe how similar my plan is to what you just outlined. Scary! Lee

Not really an answer to your question Sub, but sort of an addendum: I've noticed some common traits from most of the really large, muscular guys I've trained with over the years, both drug assisted and natural. 1. Most of them trained with a relative quick motion. Even Mentzer did not perform...

Great to see you posting, Mikey.  I always appreciate how well you are able to express sometimes complicated stuff in simple terms.  Thanks!

Hey Firm, You and O&G have a few years on me, but I've been training more than 30 years. I find shorter cycles seem to work better for me, and I remember O&G posting something similar. Using cycles of only around 4 weeks allows me to use some fairly large jumps in weight and seems to...

I'm experimenting with more sets currently, but I grew just fine on one set per exercise for more than a year and a half with HST. Considering I've been training over 30 years, I think that's pretty impressive! If you begin to feel burned out with 2 sets then one set seems like the only way to...

Bryan, I know you have posted before that your body can't really handle heavy squats and benches anymore. So, how do you deal with them? Do you do increased rep ranges thru-out your cycle or just accept lower loads than you used to use? More sets? Greater frequency? I've got a few years on you...

I've been thinking along similar lines lately. I don't enjoy heavy weight / lows reps for DB curls, skull crushers, or just about any isolation exercise. I seem to feel them more in my joints and my body doesn't seem to respond. Now, I've been fortunate since the last 1970s to meet many of the...

Have you tried Vince Gironda's neck press?

I've been lifting for over 30 years and have trained using HST for the last 2. I wouldn't keep using it if I didn't like the results! It works at least as well as other methods (drastic understatement there!) and my body feels much healthier. I actually look forward to every workout.

Here you go, Battlechaser: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

The emphasis seems to be on load for hypertrophy, and I have no quarrel with that. It seems to me that there has to be some kind of trade off, though. If I can use 200 lbs. for an exercise and that is my 5 RM, but can do 10 reps with 180 lbs., is the higher load (200 for 5) really stimulating...