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    HSN Creatine

    I apologize if this has been answered before, but when will HSN creatine be in stock again? I used it and like it a lot, it was easy on my stomach and I got profoundly noticeable results from using it. I recently tried GNC brand, and it was horrible. It was not as fine, it made me feel like I...
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    Best Tricep Builders

    decline presses w/a narrow grip rock my triceps (and lower pecs to a lesser degree). dips would prolly be a close 2nd for me(1st if I had a weight belt to increase the load). I'm a multi-joint movement kinda guy tho.
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    When does increased-frequency become overtraining?

    I scale my frequency to how much rest and nutrition i'm getting.  I can kinda tell when i'm pushing it too far, there's a number of symptoms I get:  I can't sleep, dogging it during workouts, high body tempurature and sweating long after the workout is finished, and insomnia. I tune my frequency...
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    Chest

    I'm having a similar problem with chest. I'm going to try some high volume GVT stuff for a few months. I workout on an 8 day schedule, usually taking Wednesday and Saturdays off.  I have three distinct workouts, two upper body and one leg day I perform in the following pattern: upper 1 lower...
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    Creatine

    I picked up a cheap vat of the non-micronized too...makes me sick
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    Westside Questions

    I'm tolerant to frequent intensity too. I think I'm going to give westside a go either in August or December. I've got some research and planning ahead of me.
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    Westside Questions

    Thanks Aaron. I have decent nutritional habits, usually get adequate rest, and have a high tolerance to volume. In your experience, are one of these factors make or break with regard to this type of training?
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    Westside Questions

    In the westside system of PL, do you base your percentage for dynamic effort day on a percentage of your tested maximum in a given movement, or your desired maximum? For instance, my maximum flat bench is 350lbs. I'd like to move to 365lb. Would I begin training at 50% of my current, tested...
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    Favorite Machine...so far

    I just left my "home" gym in the coal room of an old church for a real honest-to-goodness weightlifter's gym. I"ve been doing presses on a hammer strength decline bench press plate loaded machine as part of my arm workout. I am really enjoying the muscle activation it's giving me...
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    hey, i kinda asked this before, but..

    Personally, I don't have any problems packing away the grub, but a friend of mine had cancer and he was given a prescription pill that was a synthetic of THC specifically for increasing appetite and decreasing nausea. Yes, the plant is destroyed when burnt, but the chemical that cause the 'high'...
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    how big is everyone?

    5'11" 285lbs at approx. 30% bodyfat. I'd like to be around 240-250lbs at a 12-15% bodyfat.
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    Where are you from?

    I'm from Pittsburgh, PA, USA. I work out in the basement of a church on the South Side of Pittsburgh with one other member of this board. I'm 31 years of age and have been lifting for 22 months. I Lifted with a split-routine for about 9 months, then HIT for 9 months, and now HST for the last 4...
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    The Look

    I'd like to look like a super-hero. http://orions-constellation.com/heroes/SAGA/captain_america.html http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0209/18/avengers61.htm Cap's physique is about where I'd like to be, very Steve Reeves-ish. Heavy in the delts and pecs, maybe not as thin in the waist as...
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    The Look

    I'd like to look like a super-hero. http://orions-constellation.com/heroes/SAGA/captain_america.html http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0209/18/avengers61.htm Cap's physique is about where I'd like to be, very Steve Reeves-ish. Heavy in the delts and pecs, maybe not as thin in the waist as...
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