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I'm at the end of this block, and am resting for one week. After that I will start another block and see if I can raise the weights. If it doesn't work, I'll try a more regular HST routine. Thank you.

I'll keep you informed what happens when I am on my second 1-rep period. Thank you.

If strength is a question about neurological adaptation, then why would I have to eat more...? I understand HST perfectly, but I've noticed some here don't. For example you don't have to "give your all"/"do as many reps as possible" while in the different rep ranges. You do 10 reps for 6...

Ok. Thanks.

Bryan seems to be a little invisible lately, is he ok?

I have no idea. I eat the regular diet with a lot of protein (I'm not thin, so I don't starve myself). But it should not really matter if my goal is to get stronger since strength is a neurological adaptation that does not require you to eat more. Millions of people get stronger without forcing...

Well, the problem is that the increase in strength never comes, so I never get past 5,4,3,3,3. But thanks for the tip :)

That's a regular program, and it doesn't work for me. It never has. I simply cannot add weight if I'm close to my max. What's so fantastic about HST is that you're supposed to be able to add weight automatically, not by you trying to break your personal best. It's supposed to build strength...

I'm testing this right now, and will get back here with a report of how it worked.

Ok, I was talking about a principle, not the exact weights. My point is what would happen if you used 1's instead of 15's, 10's and 5's... All else being equal, for example starting at ~57%, or even higher.

To get BOTH strength increase and hypertrophy... Even one set of 5 reps is a mystery how it can give hypertrophy. 5 measly reps when others use to do several sets that give a count of 25-50 total reps. But you say that a single set of 5 gives hypertrophy, but not a single set of 1 rep? Even...

But 10 reps of a LOWER weight will? I have a hard time to see the logic, but maybe you are right.

Yes I am. It's no different from doing 15 reps with 20 kg on monday, 15 reps with 22.5 kg on wednesday, and 15 reps with 25 kg on friday. It's just heavier weights when you do the 1's. I can't see why it would not work, at least it would give an increase in strength.

That's not how I mean. I mean if I use the principle of progressive load. So if my max in bench is 60 kg, I would start with 40 kg, then add 2.5 kg each time I train. So on monday it would be 40 kg, on wednesday it would be 42.5 kg, and so on. I don't even have to go up to 60 kg, I could stay at...

I wonder what would happen if I used 1 rep instead of the 15- 10- and 5-rep-ranges. I mean if I train with heavier weights. Would that still build muscle? Would it build strength too? I think you get my point. Has anyone tried it? This is my first post, so if you think I'm an idiot, be easy on...