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I'm struggling trying to decide on what type of, if any, cardio to do that's not going to fly in the face of the HST philosophies. I'm on my SD preceding my first cycle now so I have to come to terms with this soon. I have been alternating HIIT with steady-state (~80% MHR) training for a total...

So are you guys suggesting that DOMS in the inner thighs is a good indication that this stance is effective? Thanks, Randy

I'm glad there is atleast one other who gives credence to the adductor machine. Bryan, you asserted that wide-stance squats are better but in light of the issue with increased pressure on the hip joints (atleast for me) can you recommend an alternative? My gym (YMCA, btw) has a Free Motion...

For my regular squats, my feet are just a tad wider than shoulder-width and toes pointed outward about 20 degrees. I try to squat in such a manner that my knees move very little but what moving they do is straight towards my toes. No complaints from any joints. I can widen my stance a couple...

So another conflict of beliefs is brought to light. Robert Wagner says the gastrocs' involvement is basically the only variable in the stance width and the general consensus at this site (et al) is that a wide stance involves more inner thighs. Well, I can definitely vouch for the increased...

All I want is to continue my progress in the inner thigh area. As lame as some people may believe it is, the adduction machine increased my inner thighs' strength as well as their fullness, esthetically speaking...no question about it. Now, I have progressed beyond that machine and need...

Regarding the slanted "why on earth would you..." question, because this is a weak area for me as well as lacking in mass. This "silliest machine ever" was effective in improving both conditions and I'd like to continue this trend, thank you very much. I asked a simple and...

The search function doesn't work very well here. Prior to posting this topic, I searched for "adductor" (no quotes), selected all forums from the beginning and got only 2 irrelevant hits. As I was reading through the older topics in general training, I came across a topic that had...

Can someone give me some advice on selecting a good exercise for adductors. I didn't get enough results from compound movements in this area previously. I started using an adduction machine and had really good success but I maxed out on the weight some time ago at 215lbs...I've already slowed...

Thanks for the replies. Got a couple more questions. Do you guys only do 1 calf exercise per workout? How many sets? Blade, how many dropsets are you doing when you get to the 5s, in what increments are you dropping and do you stick to 5 reps on each dropset? Do you think it's unecessary...

I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm trying decide on a SPECIFIC routine for calves that is consistent with HST principles. Searching through these forums, there seems to be alot of different approaches. I would welcome any feedback from anyone who was a bit challenged in this area and came...

Thanks for the reassurance...I guess I'll just be patient. Randy

That's what I'm doing (taking 3 weeks to get the RMs and another week for SD) but I'm getting a bit edgy and want to get going on this...I am losing some mass and strength just getting this set up. I've been careful not to do more than necessary to determine any given RM so as not to fatigue...

Due to my work schedule, I can't do 3 full body workouts with a day's rest in between. I am implementing HST into two different 2-day split routines...both routines done weekly over the course of 4 consecutive days. This is a compromise I had to make to increase volume since I'd only be...

I'm still looking for a quicker way to get the RMs established. I have my 15s and I was thinking maybe I'd get my 5s and estimate the 10s to be half way in between. What do you think? Are other peoples 10's about in the middle? Thanks, Randy

I read somewhere that glutamine was a good anti-catabolic supplement in that it would reduce coritsol levels so is a good supplement to take before bedtime when cortisol levels are at their highest. Randy Here's a quote from a Rehan Jalali article posted at thinkmuscle: L-Glutamine: This is...

I've just established my 15 RMs for all the exercises that I'll be using for atleast my first cycle...this took a long time considering I'm using 2 different 2-day spilt routines. I'd like to avoid having to do this for 10s and 5s so I can get started. I saw a post by keebler elf that referred...

I guess that makes sense, as long as you keep the same order for the entire cycle segment. Is that the official recommendation of the HST program? The RMs for all 3 rep ranges are supposed to be established prior to beginning the entire cycle so I need to somehow determine all this at the same...

If I were to go until failure on something like the standing row then sometime later do the same for the barbell curl, the numbers for the barbell curl will be considerably lower at that point than if I would have started with the barbell curl. Maybe I'm splitting hairs here and maybe being as...

Any suggestions on how to go about finding one's 15 rep maximums? Doing this for 10 exercises or so could take a long time considering you would have to spread this experimentation out over several days to ensure fatigue doesn't skew the numbers. If this has been covered already, please provide...