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How about this guy? http://www.criticalbench.com/Ed-Coan.htm "at 198lbs Coan squatted and pulled 863-pounds while bench-pressing slightly over 500-pounds." There are lots of people at 198, and up, and they can't do that. He is strong way beyond his size. Muscle mass does not always...

That suggests that you don't completely grasp the science behind hypertrophy verses strength. Weak range, or stretch point partials work because they put the muscle under load in a stretched position, which stresses the sarcolemma more and causes microtrauma. Strong range partials in pressing...

Um, I guess you missed it, but this forum is about Hypertrophy Specific Training, HST, so everything you've said about strength is missing the point. Also, strongest range partials are often at the end of the movement, not the beginning: Squats, deads, bench, basically any pressing or...

Arf?

I would only warm up that much if going for a max lift or something. That seems like way too much to me, but some people seem to need more warmups than others. I usually don't do any warmup sets after my first exercise, which is usually squats or deads. I'm all warm after that!

They both hit the biceps, I would think palms facing you more so. Any exercise where you bend the arm on the concentric uses the biceps.

I'd have to disagree on that one. Many have more body fat than I would want to carry, but since they are so huge big bellys aren't as noticeable.

Yeah, this routine is basically what I used a long time ago when I first started out. It works, to a point, and you get stronger, but the size gains stall out. Looking back from my HST perspective the increments were too small to generate real growth.

Totentanz is exactly right on both counts. No spot reductions with ab work, total daily calories matters, not how many meals you eat.

I second what O and G said. Also, if you are doing 2 sets of squats and deads each workout that may be too much. I would, (and do), alternate between them every other workout.

The first few workouts of the 15's are pretty easy, so you probably won't feel very sore. Make sure you use very strict form and keep the rep speed slow, that may help increase the effectiveness. But yes, you may need to add another set. See how you feel during the second week of 15's.

I try to lean forward some with my legs back, but I pretty much return to vertical once I start hanging weight from a belt, can't help it.

Yup, I like it. When the 5's get heavy, (the last week), I usually only want to do 2 sets anyway and then a burn set.

If you've deconditioned first, then you would want to work your way up to your max, because the muscles will still respond to the lower weight.

Holy Crap Jules, have you been posessed by the spirit of Vince? Seriously though, I thought we'd pretty much dismissed DOMS as any kind of reliable indicator of hypertrophy, since you can grow without DOMS, and, more to the point, you can get DOMS without growth.

O.G., could you elaborate on that a little? I don't see how putting a muscle under the same tension with two separate exercises is functionally any different than using two sets of the same exercise. What am i missing?

I think the problem you are having is you are equating percieved effort with actual tension on the muscle. So on your second set you could do 3 or 4 reps with the same weight, or 5 reps with less weight and it might feel as if you are doing the same amount of work, but the muscle is seeing less...

Jules said it right above: "Stretch-point movements really shouldn't be done for 15s because the load ceiling is kind of low for most people, and besides it's overkill."

Jules said it right above: "Stretch-point movements really shouldn't be done for 15s because the load ceiling is kind of low for most people, and besides it's overkill."

Yeah, I'm going to disagree here. Everyone is different, but I rarely use warmup sets, except on my first exercise. Once you've started your workout you warm up pretty quickly, and I'd rather save my energy for worksets instead of warm ups. The one exception to this is if I'm working really...