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underhand deadlift holds with heavy weights and also chins (w/straps attached) with very heavy weights as well. Huge stress and strain there.

The bench press is not better than the decline bench, in fact, the opposite is true. For pecs, dips are the best overall mass maker. With good form, they're safer on the shoulders. Also, they provide a better stretch with some heavy weights. Next best choice would be dumbell presses. Incline...

I believe the stretching is actually to help stress the muscle more. For instance my chest is a weak point. I do bench and flys. I tried some specializing techniques, ever since doing LS's with heavy weights i can really feel i've stressed my chest to a great degree. It will feel very tight and...

You sadistic man! Those chins sound like a torture technique, and the deads would leave me unable to walk for a few days.

This is to truth. Like DKM once said ... ahem something along these lines : Couple cluster sest with metabolic work for a P38 Map16/k? wet dream. Those numbers and letters mean growth stimulis baby!

I hear Donkey Calf Raises really fire up the calves with a deep stretch to boot.

I believe it was Vicious who said that working each muscle once per week is enough to mantain. DKM, people used to come on this board and ask should i not use HST while cutting because it's only for growing muscle? And me and others would tell them, no, use HST for cutting. The principles allow...

If you skip your SD, aren't you losing the hypertrophy signal that is letting you keep your muscle in the first place? I was under the impression that while cutting, i could do my SD at about maintenance calories, then go back to lifting with a hypocaloric diet. Also ... so if i'm bulking, and...

There are alot of tweaks out there now following the HST principles. Within 2 months i'll be cutting for the summer. Last year, at that time, i was just doing the regular 3 x week HST, 15's, 10's, and 5's. Things went great, but with HST, things allways go great. Now this off season i've...

3 sets during the 15's??!! No wonder you're seeing results, you're probably just balooning with water and glycogen, lol.

I'd suggest doing cluster reps to keep increasing the weight. If you're doing 2 sets during your 5's (10 reps total) ... then keep increasing the weight with a rep goal of 10. Do as many sets as it takes to get 10 reps .... stopping the set before failure. For instance, if you increase the...

Post 5's! Post neg's! Last cycle, all heavy, after my 5rm i kept increasing the weights weekly. Things went incredibly ... weights got heavy as hell, clustering 10 reps of negatives for arms and such. Never thought i'd be DB flying 75's, but it was done. 3 reps or so at a time, and a nice...

Hmmmm ... i thought the chest was fully stimulated by flat bench, and that incline variations only stimulate the lower pectoral region to a lesser degree, but do not stimulate the upper portion anymore than a flat bench does.

Hmmmm ... i thought the chest was fully stimulated by flat bench, and that incline variations only stimulate the lower pectoral region to a lesser degree, but do not stimulate the upper portion anymore than a flat bench does.

I'm wondering too. Skinnyman and I have talked a little bit about high fruit intakes recently via private messaging. I was eating up 2 6 per day, 2 per meal besides pre/post workout meals.

That's what's generally recomended around here, only variable really is how many calories you're eating.

So far very well. I'm also bulking, which i havn't done in about a year. I started bodybuilding by losing about 20 lbs and ever since have been very sensitive to any body fat gain. Thus i'm allways trying to foolishly find a way to lean gain. Thus far, it seems i just basically cut or...

I agree, that seems awfully low, especially with all the work you're doing. I'd suggest that, or a cheat (or controlled) higher calorie day thrown in the mix, maybe eat at maintenance on the weekends and keep your calories that low during the week. I don't know, there are endless possibilities! =)

Kaaj, I'm incrementing like so. My 2 weeks of 5's are the same as normal, just as if you used the calculator, 6 increments until your 5rm. The 4 weeks thereafter what i did was increase from my 5rm HALF of the normal increments i was doing. So whereas i was incrementing 20lbs on squats, i'm...

If you aren't losing weight, your calories aren't low enough, it's that simple. :D