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Is there a realiable or semi-reliable way to measure or judge your potential gains in bodybuilding ?  What type of gains one might expect based on some physical factors, initial progress, measurements, or bloodwork ?

I got my Tyrosine is available at Vitamine Shoppe.

Saw this thread and realized I have been doing this by accident for about 1 year. I heard about some general memory and health benefit from it along with some other vitamins on PBS. I have been taking 500 mg L-tyrosine + 24oz. Arizona Ice Tea or green tea daily. I believe the L-tyrosine +...

Another vote for ON chocolate. Way better than the strawberry IMHO. I sometimes wonder if it really has protein or it's just chocolate milk. Has anyone tried ON tropical punch ?

I have had good luck in the past with 1 or 2 sets of pullups, wide grip. Then chins, narrow grip for the next 1 or 2 sets. If the pullups tire you out, chins are still normally possible after and they put a lot of weight on the biceps. JMHO. I have gone from 4 to 25 pullups in 4 months and I am...

Thanks for the reply. Goal, I will take you advice about switching off with machine when I have to. If you don't mind, I would like to get the full details of what your problem was and how you solved it. I believe mine stems from hamstring stiffness which does not allow me to keep my knees...

dkm, That is excellent news for me. I am going to experiment a little more but fear I will have to give up these 2 exercises. I read many statements like this one "When compared to isolation exercises, compound movements that involve larger muscle groups elicit a hormonal training...

Hypertrophy is what I am after. What would I lose in terms of muscle gain by substituting machine squats or leg press and a separate low back exercise for squats ? I believe squats are agravating my knees. Due to my flexibility(or lack of), in order to keep my knees behind my feet I must use...

I am fairly new to lifting weights, about 6 months. It seems to be universally accepted that compound exercises are superior to isolation exercises for building mass. I take this to mean, even if all of the muscles worked in the compound movement are worked separately with isolation movements...

I have been lifting for about 6 months. I have recently added squats and dead lifts to my routine because my legs are lagging and overall size is my major objective. I have read that these exercised are critical for gaining mass. I try to use good form and light weights, just 1, 45 on each...

Bob, dkm, Dood, Thanks, I will go with that. GiNorm

Bob, Thanks, but I don't think I made myself clear in the first question. Let me try again. During the first part of the 2 weeks of 15 reps.(or any rep. #), when the weight is lower than a 15 rep. max., should more sets be used as opposed to the end of 2 week period of 15 reps. when the weight...

I am fairly new to weight lifting, about 6 months. Usual, 3 times a week thing. I have gained about 13 pounds so far and am still what I would consider very lean at 5'9", 170. I am 40 so, so far, so good even though I see other people grow much faster at this stage. About to split my...