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:D Well, you can cry like a little girl, we won't laugh . :D

Rule of thumb is do big exercises first (compounds) before the smaller exercises (isolations). A common exception would be squats and deadlifts, in case doing them wipes you out. It's not a good idea to do them first and then spend the next 20 minutes of your gym time lying down on the floor...

If you really have a problem with working out on schedule and you find your RM's are not accurate as a result, then go ahead with what you are doing. The RM's are not really important. They are simply a way to implement progressive loading.

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Hey :) I don't see where the problem is. Another benefit from training more frequently (thus having to keep volume in check) is that you don't go crazy on the volume. And RBE is often overestimated anyway. A significant weight can be effective for more than 2 weeks. In that aspect, the...

But that's exactly what I meant, so I see you must have misunderstood my post. Training "routines" themselves are really unimportant. What's important is they follow the science of muscle growth. If they do, then they work no matter what they are called, even if they are named...

We know how muscle grows (if you still don't, you should start reading more). Anything that goes against it, or applies only a fraciton of it, or gets it half-wrong, is simply relatively ineffective (or at worst case totally ineffective), no matter how it is named (even if it says "Muscle...

Depending on what you are wearing, the bench shirts can add really heavy poundage. But it's not magic, like you buy one and wear one and suddenly you get 100+ on your bench. It actually takes a lot of work to make it work, which is why it isn't really "cheating" of any sort.

Around 700 pounds maybe. He's a really big guy.

Joe, joe, joe... don't worry about anything. Eat right, train right. There will be times you'll get sick, or go on a long vacation, or get stuck at bloody hell work for days and weeks. But these things are just fluctuations you don't really have to worry about. Just continue training right and...

More frequency can lead to better management of fatigue while keeping total volume per week (or whatever time period you want to measure) high.

Nope. Go ahead, that's fine.

Been busy. Work was too hectic, even had to stop lifting. Just dropped by now to see if there are any earth-shaking matters.

Yeah, except that that would probably never be accurate at all if the training goes well. For example, your 15RM can still improve even after you test it on your last 15RM day due to hypertrophy from 10's, 5's and negs. You get the idea. Anyway, go to failure or not, the little few reps won't...

Certain few exercises can also be adapted for negatives safely even without a partner. Dumbbelll curls for example, using one arm at a time. Use both hands to lift the weight up, then lower it slowly with one hand. You get the idea. When dealing with very heavy weight, just remember, be very...

Not much. Like Bryan told Dan, everybody's got to manage his own training. Determine your individual capacity so learn to pay attention to your body. Eat right. Too much protein is bad. Too little fat is bad. Get the right amounts of each. Trans fats are the devil's work, along with the high...

Most probably won't matter much at all. For big lifts like squats and deadlifts, feel free to repeat weights so as not to make the increments too small

If we're talking solely about preventing CNS fatige c/o the underlying mechanics, doesn't matter. Only BCAA's are what matters - whether you take them from whey or from BCAA supplements.

Depends on what you are doing. If you have a workout you do 3x a week and you suddenly do it 6x a week, then that's probably a bust, a waste of time. But spreading everything over 6 workouts or more is an en entirely different matter, as you are better rested on most sets, and because of that...

Bench shirts allows you to lift more weight - with the right one and with lots of practice of course. It's not magic. The mechanics of just how it allows you to lift more is something I'd like to know for certain. Aaron?