Recent content by Curt

I've only had mediocre results with HST, mostly because of inconsistency and not eating enough. What kind of gains have you guys made of HST? What other programs have you tried and how did the gains compare?

I'm just over a week into SD, and already I've noticed a very alarming loss of size. Unfortunately I don't have a scale right now, so I'm not sure of my exact weight, but I have lost significant size on my arms. My SD will have to continue until early September (over a month in total) because my...

1) I have no choice. My gym membership has expired and I won't have access to a gym until I go to university in the fall. Also, I just did a high frequency program with negs and metabolic stress techniques so I don't think it's such a bad idea for an extended SD. 2) I've read through the FAQs...

I will be SDing for a little over a month, and I want to know how many calories I should be eating during this time. Should I eat at maintenance? I want to keep as much muscle as possible, so should I eat slightly above maintenance? Also should I change the protein to carbs to fat ratio during...

So I can just continue with my 5 RM, while adding more weight if possible? What benefit is there to doing a light 15 rep set?

Is there a limit to the amount of metabolic stress you can induce? During the 5s I did loaded stretches and pulsing. Would there be any added benefit to throwing in drop sets during the negatives? Which exercises can I do negatives with if I don't have a partner? Here is my current routine...

Maybe you could just put emphasis on the lagging body parts. For example, do one set for quad, arm and chest exercises and do two sets for the others. Also, throw in some metabolic stress techniques for your lagging parts during the 5s and negs - drop sets, loaded stretches, pulses, etc. That...

Is there any added benefit to doing both drop sets and pulsing, or is there a limit to the amount of metabolic stress you can induce? In the "pimp my hst" e-book it says that the weight for pulsing should be somewhere in the 15s. I've been finding that the weight has to be higher than...

Do warmup sets have any effect on hypertrophy or is it just for safety?

No problem, I'd like to know that too. I'm going to wait until negatives for drop sets..

At what part of the ROM do you pulse for lateral raises? At the top? So for the LS the bar is being held behind my back and I let the weight hang down below my waist so I feel a stretch? I've felt some pain in my left shoulder while doing benches, so my shoulders might be susceptible to injury...

Thanks for the reply. At what part of the ROM should I be pulsing at for machine bicep curls, tricep pushdowns and leg curls?

Should I follow the principle of progressive load when doing pulsing during the 5s? Or should I use the max weight I can do 15 pulses with all throughout the 5s? Also, when should I do pulsing. For example, for calf raises if I'm doing a normal set, then a loaded stretch, should I do pulsing...

My gym membership expires on July 25th, and I'm just now beginning the 5s. I'd also like to do 2 weeks of negatives this cycle, but I obviously won't have time. Is it possible to compact the 5s? If my current frequency is 5x a week, that will be 10 total workouts for the 5 rep block.. Could I...

Thanks for the response, I'll look into a George Foreman grill. I didn't know they made canned chicken... I guess I can use this as a replacement for chicken in recipes?