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I'm sure those people are eating more than they realize. Either that, or there's something unexplainable going on. Whatever the case, the program has been around for decades, and it works for plenty of natural lifters. That's enough for me. If you need any help Totentanz, feel free to PM me.

It looks to me like someone lost their common sense somewhere along the way to making this post.

I'm going to save us all a lot of grief and link you to a mother thread over at Elite Fitness. You should probably start out using the Single-Factor 5x5 routine, but Dual-Factor will work great, as well. You just don't need anything too advanced, from what I understand. (Note, if you don't sign...

I've had the same idea in the past, to cease working legs in order to put emphasis on upper body mass. I never went through with it, but the idea occurred to me that if eating enough calories was already hard enough, squatting thrice a week would just make it that much worse. Anyway, squats are...

Jester is correct. Brisbanemick, sorry, but you don't need to squat if your goal is bigger arms, a bigger chest or thicker back. Deadlifting, however, would help with your biceps and back greatly, due to the stretch married to the load in the exercise, assuming you use an over-under grip and...

If I were to do a cycle with just 5's, I'd just follow a Bill Starr 5x5 variation. The frequency is there, as is the volume, not to mention the pronounced strength gains from dual-factor training (were you to use one of those variations, that is). If you were to use one week, you'd have a three...

I'm in agreement with jvroig. The X & Y variables of microtrauma are load and stretch, however, so if your compound movements leave the muscle in a highly contracted state most of the time, you may want to throw something in that would place emphasis on stretch.

In terms of a health perspective, yo-yo dieting can be detrimental. I was simply pointing out it's possible to do both. I never said I advised it. I'm in agreement with you, especially if someone is looking to add ~40 lbs. to their frame - they'd be better suited by bulking on a solid program...

Tcup, that's wrong, so stop spreading fallacies. You can get bigger while losing fat, it's just a much slower procress. You need to be eating slightly over maintenance. The gains will come slowly, and you will recomposition your body over the course of time. Eating less overall carbs than...

Twice using dual-factor, am doing single-factor despite the belief that it's inferior for lifters who aren't novices. The intense loading in the volume phase clashes with my job, so until this time in my life passes, I'm not going to be doing heavy loading again. It was too much for me. The...

Holy hell, that's a crazy arch! I wasn't doing anything close to that. I know feeling doesn't mean much of anything in exercise, because the deadlift manages to bring a lot of growth without you feeling much. The thing is, when I bench without an arch, I do feel something, yet with an arch I...

You need to be in better condition in order to be able to train your entire body every other day. The whole idea behind HST is to train frequently. Well, that's one of the ideas, anyway. Don't manipulate it and train each bodypart less frequently than thrice a week. If you're finding your...

I'd have to agree with you on that point, Totentanz. Heavy compound movements will, undoubtedly, strengthen your entire core. Supplementing with direct ab work, however, could be more advisable for an athlete looking to ensure injury prevention.

My mistake: SLDLs are exercises. I guess I wasn't paying attention when I made the earlier post. Also, you know when you're making gains when you see the scale moving steadily upward over time, when clothes are fitting tighter, when you look bigger in the mirror, and when people tell you that...

I've read the vinegar thread here, and the one at Avant Labs. From what I understand, you should use one tablespoon per 50 grams of carbs. Don't use it with meals with any less than 50 grams of carbs - no real need. I notice a few minutes after ingesting that my muscles swell up slightly, and...

You would do well to understand that exercise programs are not partial to males or females, unless your goal is to build slabs of mass, which would prove impossible unless you used AAS, due to the fact that you're body won't naturally give you high enough T-levels to support growth. Not like a...

Ironman, your load progression looks too small for big exercises like squats. You are only increasing the weights at 5 lb. intervals. I'd make larger jumps, if I were you. This will prove more conducive to hypertrophy. Contrary to popular belief, squats and deadlifts can be done in the same...

Not to be rude, but you're thinking too much about this. If you're placing the muscle under load and lifting that weight through any appreciable range of motion, your muscle will be contracting (well, it would anyway, even if you were to just hold it static) and thus you should feel something...

Here is a good ab thread: http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386150 You can learn a lot from those posts. I wouldn't train abs with HST principles. They don't need that much work, especially if you're doing chinups, deadlifts, squats, parallel rows, or other movements that...

Learn both. Use the deadlift for more overall development. The squat will focus on your legs more, as well as help to increase your vertical leap over the course of time. Both are great, functional exercises, but the deadlift remains king for numerous reasons. Totentanz is right - the deadlift...