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Are you looking for size or purely for strength? Strength coach Pavel "the Evil Russian" Tsatsouline recommends a 5x5x5 program, here's the link: Pavel Tsatsouline - Mind over muscle He basically recommends picking five basic exercises and doing 1 set of five each day for five days...

HST seems to be based on the idea of regular low intensity bouts of exercise. I've also heard stories about how people have grown a large amount of muscle using low weights, but constant load. This being said, does anyone think that there is any merit in wearing a weighted vest throughout the...

I was just wondering what everyones ideas are on Static Contractions and Partial Reps are, and whether any reasonable size/strength could be built on a program based entirely on them? Have there been many studies done on them? I know Pete Sisco has done quite a bit of research on the subject as...

I'm new to HST but want to start a cycle of 5s using: Squats, Dips, Bent Over Rows, Push Press and Chins. 3x a week split. I was just wondering whether i could force progression on these exercises? For example using a certain weight that's diffcult to get 5 reps, then next time add another 2kg...