Dear Louno,
I can perhaps, understand your conundrum. On one hand, you are eager to start. On the other, you are having doubts as to whether HST is the best for you. This is understandable due to the vast amount of information out there, of which much is conflicting. But I ask you to sieve through all available information and make an informed choice.
In your posts it is implied you wish to gain quickly. Indeed, one must make haste, but slowly, especially if unassisted by injectable supplements.
Allow me then to reply in specific your most recent post:
"Some ppl say do , some ppl say dont... some ppl say use creatine some ppl say dont... So im really confused hehe... cuz i dont know much about this stuff, and even in these forums (im on another forum too ) ppl dont really agree..."
>>>> Have you any existing kidney/liver condition that *might* be contraindicative to creatine use? Any family history of liver/kidney disease? If your answer is "no" to both such questions, I'd say go ahead and take the creatine.
How much to take and when to take? The HST FAQ has ample information on this but I'd simply take 5g a day (a flat teaspoon) before working out on workout days, and 5g a day with any meal on non-workout days.
Do you need the whey protein? Then again, do you really need any form of protein supplement if your normal diet is adequate? By and large, no. Not unless you understood the rationale for a fast and slow protein which gave rise to the creation of Primer and Driver. Simply put, a fast protein will quickly flood your bloodstream with amino acids and if this is done just prior to working out, you get more aminos to your working muscles which is anabolically, a good thing. The slow protein taken after the workout feeds your muscle with a slower but steady stream of aminos which also is a good thing. Think of the fast protein as the airstrike while the slow protein as the troops marching in after the airstrike. Victory is at hand....
Look, the people probably don't agree because they don't have an understanding as to how and why creatine is used. Read the HST FAQ - a treasure trove of information there really.
"The one thing that does botter me about starting with HST is that im gonna workout 3 days to find my max, then i have to stop for 2weeks ( SD) then start over again..."
>>>> Workout for three days.... hmm... I don't remember this being the protocol for establishing one's RMs but then again, I might have done it wrong myself when I established my RMs all in one workout. Still, I had an idea, from previous non-HST workouts as to what my RMs would be. In any circumstance, the SD is recommended after establishing one's RMs to allow the muscles to resensitize from having established the RMs. Won't be too wise jump into the program without first being as sensitized as possible would it? I can understand your desire for more muscle, but growth takes time, and to do HST right you have to adhere to its guidelines, or else, it won't be HST would it?
Should you do HST or something else? HST is by far, the most efficient means of stimulating growth. Nothing else comes close. Now, it makes no sense to do anything else, and it makes even less sense to do something else, hit a plateau, then come back to HST. Just start your bodybuilding on the right foot on the right path, and you will be on the highway to muscledom.
"i dont understand the SD after 3 days of training... maybe its because i use max weights ? but then, isnt my strenght supposed to go up anyways since im a begginner...?"
>>>> Yes, the finding of max weights is perhaps, a bit of a whipping to your muscles and you must thus give them some SD to resensitize them. As for strength going up since you're a beginner, this is somewhat of a complex answer but in short, a beginner is sensitive to any form of stimulus. It won't take much for a beginner to grow muscle and gain strength, until the muscles become desensitized. In a traditional sense, this is often referred to as "beginner's gains" but we know such terms are nonsense. It's not about luck, it's about muscle sensitivity to training stimuli. Once such resistance to stimuli occurs, we employ SD to resensitized the muscles again, and thus with SD, we can always be sensitive i.e. a beginner, to lifting weights. The only difference between a "beginner" and a "seasoned" lifter is the degree of conditioning of their muscles, if muscle sensitivity to growth stimuli is the defining factor for such categorization.
"Also just to clarify , im looking for best way to gay mass, not strenght even if it comes with it, so isnt creatine good for this?"
>>>> Creatine is just lovely. Do a search on PubMed and see. It's not just a supplement for muscle growth and strength. There are applications for cognitive function, cardiac function etc. I feel it should be taken as a general tonic, to be honest. And what better time to do so now that HS:Cre Micronized Creatine is on sale. Look at the top of this screen and see
C`mon, do it right and do it right the first time. Find your RMs, have a decent SD then start growing the HST way.
Godspeed, and happy HSTing
