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Light cardio is fine but not swimming. Swimming is too demanding a whole body exercise. Instead, go for incline treadmill, jogging or biking, incline treadmill being the 1st choice. Here's what Bryan has to say: That can be found on the HST FAQ Forum (alternatively you can also download the...

Yep, my experience with deads too. Not bringing it down to the ground is a little easier. Of course, if the biggest plate on your bar is the 25lbs kind (say you stacked 3 or 4 25-pound plates on either side, plus a few more smaller weight plates), doing a full rep is a bit of a problem because...

Bill Pearl didn't get to his size a vegetarian? (He was a meat-muncher too then just became a veggie-dude after growing massive? ) Don't you have even a single PL friend who's a vegetarian? Or know anybody at all who's grown huge, whether BB or PL?

Yeah, I second what he said :D

Oh, how could I have missed that Right now, I'm still waiting for some pencil-necked scientists (or perhaps I should count on the fat ones) to finally and definitely declare and prove that the secret to extreme hypertrophy is eating a ton of pizza during the day and having lots of sex during...

Yep, if they don't want to believe you, don't lose sleep over it. Let them do what they want.

Yes. But again, it's not just that. MPD occurs thanks to a lot of other things: -Fasting (Early) -Acidosis: Diabetes mellitus (Uncontrolled) -Paraneoplastic -Metabolic: Uremia; Sepsis; Burns; Hyperthyroid -Inactivity: Denervation; Disuse -Glucocorticoids: Inhibited by insulin -Cytokines      ...

Yep, generally better to stay away from going to failure.

Well, that's a good enough excuse for me! You should see me whenever I wake up By the way, Toten, are you by any chance Shadowspawn, magickal kingodm moderator?

Heya :) Not a rule, but you can do that and get great results, especially if you are not a very experienced lifter. Well... it's impossible to say since we have 5200+ members, but from the board activity, I'd say: Not really. We did, when we first started, we just tried it out, saved us time...

MPD is increased protein breakdown which can actually be the result of many things, not just due to mechanical strain of the workout - for example, fasting (early only; prolonged fasting tends to gradually decrease protein breakdown as the body adapts to the environment of little food available)...

For the guys who got lost in abbreviations, here ya go: PSMF - Protein Sparing Modified Fast MHC - Myosin Heavy Chain FSR - Fractional Synthesis Rate FBR - Fractional Breakdown Rate MPS - Muscle Protein Synthesis MPD - Muscle Protein Degradation Regards, -JV

Simply take note that, biologically and in comparison to most pure carnivores (we humans being omnivores - we just eat whatever), we don't really seem to be "designed" to eat read meat essentially at all. If you want to keep a specific ratio, then yes. But the point of following the...

Hey :) Actually, the sample program is more like the second routine you posted - 15, 10, 5, then negs, each for 2 weeks. I'd stick with that for the meantime - so just do 15's, then 10's, then 5's, then negs, each for two weeks, then SD for 9-14 days, then repeat. As long as you have...

Yes, a lot of people do. This question has already been asked a lot of times, and the answer, you'll be glad to hear, is that it won't hinder your gains. Don't worry. Regards, -JV

Good job! That's a pretty darn amazing job, chief!

Hey guys, especially Dan and Brak, Brak, Sure, fire away. Dan said the best already. What can I say, he is the Man after all. That was a really nice one, Dan Al I can add is it depends on your state of health. And it really doesn't have much relevance on bodybuilding itself, but rather on...

Hey Brak :) Umm... no, I'm not the exception to that observation. The exception is Dan The Man (DKM). Saying I'm the exception would be giving me too much credit. Let's give credit to those who deserve it, and that would be Dan in this case. Way to go Dan, ur the man Not just the timing of...

Hello rzieba :) How much growth you get (which may be as little as none or as much as surprisingly significant) during the 15's depends greatly on your SD (how great you deconditioned), and of course the starting weights themselves. Don't want to do the 15's this time because you just did them...

Hey guys :) That's not a summary of the HST principles. That's a summary of just one way to apply the HST principles. Funguy, well,I don't know how much I can be of help if you hate reading a lot, but here, in very broad strokes: * PRINCIPLE OF MECHANICAL LOAD (Tension): Mechanical tension is...