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A few questions/concerns recently came up. 1. I haven't been eating too healthy during the 15s which I have finished today. Can I salvage my gains by starting to eat a lot of healthy food now? 2. Is doing a full body workout 6x a week better then doing an Upper/Lower split 6x a week? If full...

Okay, thanks. Upper body it is!

Well, looks like I may have guessed wrong. Not knowing exactly what to do, I combined two workouts into one this morning. I did Upper then followed it with Lower. Tomorrow, what should I do? I am really confused now, should I take a day off to let the muscles heal, or what? I'd do the 3x a week...

Here is my problem. I train 6x a week, using the Upper one day, Lower the next, method. I did my first workout of HST on Monday. Everything went fine. Then, I missed the next two days due to "unforseen circumstances". I figured Tuesday would be a break day, but then I missed today...

Thanks for the reply, Fausto. Now, am I even able to change my routine, since I already got my maxes for my current routine, and am going to start doing the 15s next Monday? Would I have to wait until I am totally done with this full HST cycle? Thanks, TennisDude

Now, I know there is no perfect routine.  But, does the actual selection of exercises, and amount of exercises per bodypart affect your gains on this program?  Is their an ideal, or closest to it, workout routine? Like, let's say, for example, I really wanted to work on the Chest, since it was a...

But how important is getting 8 hours, or more, of sleep each night to the HST Program? Like would it have enough of a difference for me to start going to bed at 8 PM every night? What is the "recommended" total, as far as hypertrophy is concerned? I'm pretty sure 6-7 hours of sleep...

Thanks for the response. -TennisDude

Well, to each his own. I don't think it is possible to get as strong a grip I am looking for without directly training your crush, support, and pinch grip. At least we can both agree on HST! -TennisDude

KTA is a grip based program. The only thing this would effect on HST is deadlifts. I would probably have to save my grip for KTA, so I'd have to use straps on deadlifts. -TennisDude

I am going to be going on a program called KTA for crush grip strength. I will do HST in the mornings, and KTA after school. I am pretty sure that KTA won't interfere at all with HST since it is a program solely for crush grip strength, and I am not training that on the HST program. But, I just...

Really? That is depressing news indeed. I am going to be quite bored for 12 days. And I had it all set up, the 9 day break would finish at Sunday, so I could start HST on a Monday. I don't really understand why after 6 days of lifting, I need a 12 day rest? And it wasn't very hard lifting, just...

Thanks a lot for the very informative post! All that remains is finding my 5RM, then I have to do the 9-12 day Strategic Deconditioning. Will be boring, but at least I'll be able to work on my grip. Thanks, TennisDude

I'm just worried I am not finding the maxes accurately enough, so the whole program will be thrown off and I won't see any results. Hopefully there isn't any truth to this worry, is there? Thanks, TennisDude

Good idea. As I remember reading somewhere, your body doesn't know how much weight it is lifting, only that it is hard. So, as long as it is near my max, and I increase it with each workout, like HST says to do, I think I will be fine. Thanks skinnyman, TennisDude

Is it okay if I wait till after I get home to consume my PWO Shake? I live pretty close to the gym, if that means anything. Also, I use Prime+/Drive+ for my PreWO and PWO Drinks. I have both with just water. Thanks, TennisDude

How accurate do maxes have to be? I;m having trouble finding EXACTLY what my maxes are, but I believe I'm close. Around 15 reps, for example, is when the set starts to become pretty difficult. I guess I'm just confused. Are we supposed to continue until muscular failure? And then figure out our...

If I only workout three times per week, then I would do A or B one more time then the other. To compensate, would I flip things around for the second week?

Any suggestions to shorten it? I doubt it'd take long doing 1 set of 15 reps for each.

Thanks for the tip. I will do that. Is the selection of exercises good, however?