I have been reading up on HST after finding out about it on m.f.w. I've already been doing a M-W-F routine working the whole body for about 3 months but was not making much progress because I was just not eating enough. I only have dumbells and aerobic step which I use as a bench. I do dumbell deadlifts, bench press, overhead press and curls. For the deadlifts I use 70lbs/dumbell (all the weights I have) and do 3 sets of 8. I hope to buy a rack in the near future so I can add squats to my routine and add weights.
My questions are: for now, if I wanted to start a HST routine with the equipment I have is there another leg exercise anyone can recommend? I've read here and elsewhere that you don't want to repeat squats or deadlifts every workout of the week. My problem is I might not have enough weight/or be able to apply enough weight with dumbells to find my rm's.
re: 15,10,5 rep max - is this not the same as training to failure? I might not be totally clear on lifting to failure but it would seem that if you find a 15,10,5 rep max you can't do another rep...are'nt they then the same (luf & rm?).
same question on sets...if you find your rm, should you be able to do a second set?
Thanks....
My questions are: for now, if I wanted to start a HST routine with the equipment I have is there another leg exercise anyone can recommend? I've read here and elsewhere that you don't want to repeat squats or deadlifts every workout of the week. My problem is I might not have enough weight/or be able to apply enough weight with dumbells to find my rm's.
re: 15,10,5 rep max - is this not the same as training to failure? I might not be totally clear on lifting to failure but it would seem that if you find a 15,10,5 rep max you can't do another rep...are'nt they then the same (luf & rm?).
same question on sets...if you find your rm, should you be able to do a second set?
Thanks....