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It was only my opinion (note the "may not be" part), mostly backed up by my poor results with it, of course there's always room for being totally wrong. BTW, thanks for linking to Brad Schoenfeld's video/sciency report on your FB page, I found the 30RM research (page 36) in comparison with 10RM...

It appears that the "bully" type of training that HST has always condemned - has always been the best way to train.

Lol, my problem was that I had been deluded by the retarded "SD+previous loads" concept of HST, thinking that I could grow bigger without getting stronger, with the minimal volume of 1-2 sets per MG. Don't tell me I was wrong in that, or read the introductory material. Otherwise I wouldn't have...

Speaking of incline bench. The technique may be more relevant for isolation exercises, I haven't tried it there.

Believe me, I have tried. After one 9-10 rep activation set (with one rep to spare) I was unable to do more than one rep after 3 breaths. Far below the proclaimed 3 reps or so.

It was definitely closer to failure at some point as I had to decrease the activation set to 14 and 12 reps soon thereafter. Myo-reps may still be a good way to do more work in less time, if that's what you're after.

I see what you're getting at, no, 15 wasn't the max, I could have probably done up to 20-25 reps back then. But I had to stop sooner to collect more total work, doing this set every 5 minutes for several hours, up to 1000 total. After an hour and a half I had to decrease the activation set to 14...

I wonder what you mean by "properly" and how 15+3+3+2+2 incline push-ups (with my feet on the bed) every five minutes done in a myo-reps fashion are different from a typical set-up outlined by Blade. I'm planning to give it a go in standing BB presses in the gym, do the heaviest 5RM load, rack...

Not at all, I don't think those 60-65kg girls were on drugs because it's absolutely possible to get stronger than I have faster, girl or not. I know that. My goal has never been to follow some pre-cooked complete training and/or diet advice, but to stay relatively free-minded in how I choose to...

Sorry, I was never decisive about getting stronger until relatively recently, misinterpreting the idea behind the "SD+previous loads" concept of HST, which was only my fault. Those girls you're mentioning (or most likely their coach, i.e. you) were attempting to get themselves stronger...

I'm happy experimenting and progressing, without following any cooked up training+diet routine, and I don't really need to pay anyone to get their help, all the necessary information can be obtained from certain literature. And most of all, I don't see the need to hide behind low T levels as an...

Just who would have thought... I'm sorry for having triggered an overreaction to the fact. And I'm sorry for pestering you with questions on myo-reps in the past, inane as they may have seemed, probably reflecting the essence of myo-reps. Another person who praises myo-reps highly is Old & Grey...

Perfectly acceptable, in fact he *was* gaining size/recomping his fat levels, otherwise he wouldn't have grown stronger in the first place. He just probably wasn't "bulking" the way most folks do.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/training/weight-training-for-fat-loss-part-2.html/ i.e. you can cut 2-3 sets to 1 set, 4-6 sets to 2 sets, etc, cut frequency from 3 times per week to twice per week etc, BUT MAINTAIN the loads.

The answer is simple: whatever minimal volume allows you to get stronger.

SD isn't needed for breaking through plateaus... a simple deload would do. The deloading component of SD wasn't the point of my objection. The purported benefits of submaximal loads+volume to put on new muscle on you were nothing but Mr. Bryan's imagination. Previous loads using greater volume...

Increased volume (provided load is adequate to begin with) and increased load at a minimal volume have measurably similar effects on both size and strength.

Nice.

Relying on SD to compensate for the need to increase the load & volume is nothing more than wishful thinking. When using previous loads you just have to increase the volume a bit for the work to be meaningful and effective for your current adaptation level. When you SD, you lose some of the...

SD is wasted time if like me you're still far away from any decent strength levels. Just keep progressing and do 2 week long de-loads when the progression gets stuck. And don't try to reach failure, simply getting close to it is enough for progressing - notice when the bar speed starts slowing...