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thanks fausto, I figured i should have done SD before i started, but was anxious to give it a shot, was thinking that since it is so different from what i was used too, i might get something small out of it. Thanks for the extra info too. I managed to find Dan's link for the ebook and it...

ya, i do tons of warm up sets. the odd time, when i'm dont my chest or back exercises, at the 10's or 5's i'll do a light set of a bout 20, really squeeze, just to enhance the pump....is that what your referring to about burn sets? how do you work them in?

thanks for the help bob, appreciated.

Mike, i did 3 sets of the 15's, 3 sets of the 10's, currently doing 3 sets of the 5's. I now realize this is still a little much, whats your suggestion? bob, body fat right now is 14%

i'm 26, been training for close to 13 years now. Generally, its been each muscle getting hit 1 per week, with 6 or 7 sets to absolute failure. Good gains (5'7, 214 lbs), not so much in the last few years. So i've been trying HST lately, and like it so far. Although, for the workouts with...

Bryan mentioned I prefer keeping the total number of reps as constant as I can while decreasing the number of reps per set. I just increase the number of sets to keep total reps constant' . I was doing 3 sets of 10 reps = 30 reps. So now possibly 6 sets per exercise of 5 reps = 30 reps? or...

Thanks for the reply, i'll take a look for sure. I'm an ex. phys professor and have been training for almost 13 yrs now, most of my info/training philosophy is from the standard thought 'lift to failure....give time to recover....do it again'. Overall, i'm impressed with this site and info...

I was looking over the proposed loading scheme for HST and have a question.  For the 2 week cycle of 3 days per week, full body - If i can bench 185 for 10 reps (failure), how could i possibly expect to gain any size/strength from doing 1 or 2 sets at 165 for 10 reps? 170 for 10 reps? 175 for 10...