Recent content by rzieba

Yes I did SD for 9 days. I know that with the principles of HST, in theory I am supposed to gain size lifting lighter weights after my SD as long as they increase each workout, but maybe I just respond to heavy weights and lower reps. The way I trained before I would lift heavy and only be able...

My routine is Monday Wednesday Friday. Started with 15's, 10's, now I'm on 5's. As for supplements I use Whey protien and I just started creatine right now. The reason I am discouraged now is because when I used to workout the "standard" way doing each muscle once a week with about 6-9...

Well to let you guys know this is what my diet is like. Meal 1 Cream of Wheat (60g) Cup Milk 2 eggs Meal 2 (Weight Gain shake) Protien Powder Cup Milk 1/2 cup oats 1 tbl spoon Peanut butter 1 tbl spoon Honey Meal 3 2 Chicken breasts 1 cup pasta Orange juice Meal 4 Dinner (varies on a daily...

Well I'm on my first week of 5's and I am very discouraged. This is my first cycle and I have not seen any growth at all. In fact I actually lost 1/6 of an inch from my arms. I'm not bashing HST or anything, but I am very dissapointed with the results or should I say lack of results from this...

Bump. Doesn't anybody have a job where they have to lift stuff?

I started my SD on Saturday and I'm doing it until next Monday. I work as a grocery clerk so I have to do some lifting. Luckly I'm only working two days during my SD. Will the lifting I do at work hinder my gains? I figure the most I'm lifting is about 40-50lbs.

Thanks for all the replies. I don't have any problems with my joints and I've done 15's once before so I will do a 6 week cycle starting with 10's. I'm looking forward to actually finishing this cycle. I wanna see if HST is as good as you guys say it is.

Since the difference between 12 reps and 10 reps is small did you find that your 12 rep maxes were really close to your 10 rep? Like 5-10 pounds maybe? Did this cause a problem for you since there was a lot of zig zagging?

Check out this link. Some good guides to HST. It may not be just a few points, but if you really want to understand it at least read the "HST for Dummies" articles. They sumarize the information on this website. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbinfo.php?page=HSTPrograms

The reason I want to skip the 15's is because I did not see any growth in that two week cycle. I also read that the 15's are not necessary. Any other comments on changing up the reps?

Well I decided to do the HST routine again instead of going along with my program. I started it before, but it got interupted so I'm going to re-test my maxes and start again. However, I want to skip the 15's this time. I just don't know what rep ranges I should go with. I started a thread about...

Alright here is my story. I started an HST cycle and I got through two weeks of 15's and one week of 10's. Due to some events in my life I was not able to train for about a week so my HST cycle got messed up. I didn't properly test my rep maxes anyway so I guess its for the best that my cycle...

I used to train the "traditional" way hitting each muscle once per week. MON-WED-FRI with a total of 9 sets. I would do 6-8 reps and train to failure. I was thinking of increasing the frequency and lowering the volume. I wan't to do Chest, Tris, Shoulders on Monday and Thursday and...

How slow should I be doing my lifts? For example barbell curl. How many seconds up and how many down? Does this change what results I can achieve with HST? Thanks.

Do you're RM before SD for sure. If you did SD then you did your RM, you would have to SD again. I personally couldn't wait that long to get back into the gym. I hate taking time off, but I know it is necessary.