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Yeah its pretty dead here, definitely not a dumb question.

If you can recover then that is a reasonable usage of the "progressive overload" principle. Typically the first workouts in the 15s, 10s, and 5s provides a little extra time for recovery while still providing a muscle stimulus. As outlined above you are basically more along the lines of a...

I feel you can look at recovery versus muscle stimulus fairly simply, you likely fall into one of four categories: Balanced: You are working hard, you're tired but not overly and you are seeing progress. Just keep going. Over worked: You feel rundown all the time, you are getting sick more...

Yes your understanding of HST is correct and yes your 15s will be easy especially the first week. Expect to pick up a lot of your fatigue during the 2nd week of 10s, both weeks of the 5s and any further you decide to push it. Then your week of SD and first portion of the 15s in your next cycle...

Felt like garbage today, but stuck to my schedule and came in and did my monthly maxes. Once I warmed up on the rower I was surprised how strong I felt under the first squat. Anyways it ended up being a good day and I'm glad I went to the gym. It just kind proves the old adage, how you feel is a...

@mickc1965 lol yeah I gave up, I didn't see a correlation between my readiness rating and my strength performance. However at the time I was working on something super specific, so I think it has some merit but it wasn't for me. @wungun good luck on losing weight. It sounds like a good plan...

More is always better until you start overtraining. This will manifest itself in a lot of ways, such as; getting sick, constantly feeling like garbage, repetitive use injuries, performance starts declining, totally unmotivated etc. For instance, service dogs are typically trained to have the...

Hmm, most of my dairy intake is cheese and butter, so it isn't hugely significant for my daily macros but I eat a very American diet which is meat heavy. Typically I have meat in every meal so protein isn't a challenge, (veggies are but that is another story) but if you don't live in America...

Welcome back after being sick. Loved your platform (sorry old news I know).

I love your HRV consistency, I did it like for a week and gave up. Good work!

I would suggest as long as you feel healthy, progressing weekly and you mentally feel up to it, you can skip the SD. SDs will help when you start running into those three walls and allow you to get back onto the gainz train, but if you aren't facing those difficulties the SDs will overall just...

Soy typically contains phytoestrogen. Many studies say it has no effect, however I am not sure they are done on individuals that are training. If you start to notice any sort of effects you may want to limit it. Likely though you will see no effect even eating a decent amount of soy. That...

Getting back into squatting. I recently picked up some weightlifting shoes and I am really enjoying them. I ended up picking up http://www.roguefitness.com/reebok-crossfit-lifter-2-0-green-black from a local store. The benefit was they were $80 (over half off), have a toe and ankle strap and...

It's been a couple of weeks and I haven't really lifted heavy. It's nice to hit some cardio. Starting Monday I will get back to a real program. I am also picking up some squat shoes this weekend so I can get back to squatting pretty seriously.

Well...good enough. It certainly wasn't a pretty rep, I would have gotten red lighted for hitching if it was a competition, but I was feeling good after a 465 so I went for it. If you have watched my other videos you may have noticed that it is a different setting. The bar felt a little weird...

How are you progressing week to week, how many workouts a week and are you currently in a caloric surplus and gaining weight?

hmm I gotta work on locking in my lats. Anyways 480 went easy enough on a day I wasn't particularly feeling strong. Recovery went well I felt I could have pulled again Wednesday. I might attempt 485 or 490 Friday. Basically I feel like I'm at a 50/50 at any point for pulling 500. As long...

Agreed T-Nation is all hype and no substance these days. That being said screwing around is great and can have a good effect on you cycle (assuming you don't hurt yourself) because it is psychologically refreshing and sometimes the added stimulus can be great. I do most of my "challenges" on...

I thought I had 485 on the bar and it went super smooth so I was pumped, then I realized it was only 475. :oops:

Came back, I thought I would do some volume but I was hating it before I even got to my working weight. Anyways I hit 405 sumo and 475 again on conventional. Anyways I am going to try and increment up from 475, attempting 480 tonight and will attempt 485 next week. Edit: I hit the 480, it...