Recent content by Michel

OK, then this is what it will look like: Week 1: days 3, 4 and 5 of the normal cycle of 10's (thus avoiding failure) Week 2: days 1, 2 and 3 of the normal cycle of 5's Week 3: days 4, 5 and 6 of the normal cycle of 5's (reaching failure only on day 6) Thanks for the correction Fausto :)

The best advice I can give having had a shoulder injury myself that took me a a year to come back from and only enough to begin to workout with extremely low weights. 1) don't do ANYTHING that produces pain/discomfort. If it doesn't feel right, it's wrong. 2) seek professional help for a...

Then that is what I will do: week 1: 10's to failure week 2: 5's week 3: 5's to failure I will start next Thursday. I only hope that I won't feel burnt out doing the same exercises 3 times/week. After my first cycle I will let you know about my progress, both size/strength wise and how I feel...

Thanks for the link, I looked through it. So the advice is to go heavy. In that case, how about doing weeks 4, 5 and 6 from the regular cycle (10's, 5's and 5's), and doing all 6 exercises on each session instead of doing only three exercises as I had originally planned? Also, as I mentioned I...

Then you reached failure once every week?

Thanks for the prompt reply. Perhaps you are right about sticking to the 6 week cycles. But I still believe in doing a reduced routine. What I had in mind was something like this: Day 1: dead lift incl. bench press upright rows Day 2: chins dips military press Day 3: same as Day 1 Day 4...

Hello, As a person who overtrains extremely easily (=feeling burnt out, tiredness, losing strength and sore joints) I would like to ask the more knowledgeable members of this forum what your suggestion would be for a routine that should: a) be abbreviated b) consist of only 3 week cycles...

Hi, I read someplace that RBE is the product of the toughening of the tendons, which in turn reduces the stress on the muscles. Since strategic deconditioning is one of the cornerstones in HST, to overcome RBE, I was wondering if this phenomenon [RBE] is observable or measurable in any way at...

So you usually do them without any weight then? How many reps and sets do you do?

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