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Awesome, very insightful. @Bryan Haycock would you say in order to maximise the stimulus of training different angles, that you should: a) Train both exercises in the same session (eg couple sets of pushdowns + overhead extensions) b) Train both exercises on separate days, alternating...

Yeah things seem to be changing so rapidly, so day-to-day seems the way to go...

It's insane huh.... has affected everything. I'm lucky that I've always hometrained and had my own equipment. But have never lived through anything as widespread as this.. All nonessential places have closed here in Aus, I feel a full lockdown is coming soon... Stay safe brother

Hey, anyone know of any studies that show how long it takes for the muscle to adapt to a single unchanging load? I swear it was something like 2-3 weeks before full adaption and the diminishing returns are fully setting in.. Could be useful to reference regarding zigzag questions! @NWlifter ?

Ah nice, I just did the first day of 10s too, we're in sync ;) I've experimented with having zigzag and not having zigzag, and honestly I think it's not worth worrying about. A little drop like that is good for recovery I reckon, but somehow my weights aren't zigzagging anyway like they used...

Nice man :) You gonna do 1 week each of 15s, 10s and 5s? That could be really cool, an intense super fast progression

Welcome to the forum Skerr! Great to have a new member on board :) HST is awesome, routine looks great! I personally probably wouldn't have two exercises per body part (eg rows and chins), for higher frequency I like having just the one (unless you're specifically specialising and wanting to up...

Hello! I would think the volume you're doing for the single (like, 1 rep) wouldn't be enough to disrupt the HST cycle. If you were to do a large volume with that weight then maybe, but I can't see an issue. Just a thought, not really certain! But a great question, and I've always pondered...

Hmm.. yeah can't think what that inbetween hamstring and glute thing could be... maybe just tweaked it high up in biceps femoris origin area?

Good onya for entering mate, sometimes it's just a great exercise in challenging yourself like that. And sounds like you competed with integrity and knowing that you wanted to do it the proper way. Something to be proud of in that. Awesome work :)

Yeah decided to call the cycle. Coming up to a week and a half SD so may as well. Got far enough into and gained back alot of weight that I'd lost while sick on and off the last few months. Gonna move into a bit of a fun mixed cycle, more intuitive and just trying out exercises and different...

Ah yep for sure will take that on board. Oh and just to clear it up by SI I mean sacroiliac joint (lowerback/hip), not shoulder impingement hehe. But will still keep it in mind, cheers mate :)

Ah yeah, I'm not so much concerned about the SI joint, as that was never really overly affected with training (I wasn't doing the 5s with leg exercises), but whether it's really worth going back to 5s after the break, as I've gotten a semi-SD anyway from the layoff. But you know me getting sick...

SI joint has been really good and things feel like they're finally healing up! Was at the very tail end of the 5s and all was going well, then fell really unwell (chest infection or something) and haven't trained for a week now. Unsure whether to just call the cycle and do an unplanned SD, or...

Awesome, love it :). It is a fascinating topic... and yeah it is possible there is a certain ceiling for just relying on protein like @mikeynov said. But really cool food for thought, a good reminder as protein is the one thing that I struggle to get enough of and can easily find ways to...

Duuude.. congrats man, that's bloody awesome! Long journey to get back there, but ya got it. Stoked for ya :)

Yeah I've been doing neutral grip chins this cycle, I've found them a bit odd, and I actually thought they were a stronger movement than supinated chins but the weights I'm using are much lower than what I reached for supinated grip.. Odd about the anterior delt! Is it like a pinching feeling...

A 5 day SD for your eyes and your 20/20RM is still good?? Nice! ;)

Hope the surgery went well mate

Ugh I missed Borge's myoreps one... I thought it would still be up with the rest but a couple of vids were taken off already before the cutoff! Ah well, I downloaded the PowerPoint slides that were on there instead