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You can make better strength gains due to the nueral input. It is advisable to have more strength in a variety of exercises and positions. More strength will lead to bigger weights, which will lead to hypertrophy.

Many experts recommend something like an anatomical adaptation phase to strengthen up the bodies musculature support system. This will lessen injuries. The faster you put on muscle when you first lift, the higher the probability of tendon damage as muscle can grow at a rate faster than the...

Calcium stimulates muscle fibres to contract. Calcium ions accumulate within the muslce fibre causing the release of protease (ase basically means to break down, so protease is to break down protein) that results in muscle fibre breakdown. The soreness is due to the "formation of degraded...

Newbies do not need creatine. You will get great gains without them. Why not wait till you reach a plateau before using creatine? You do not need to do extra work for forearms. Any free weight exercise (other than squats really) will work your forerams. And you will, more than likely, see...

But, even if that was the case, why not just load the bar up with more weight and perform the exercise with correct technique rather than going to parallel just cuz that's what you think you should do? Almost everyone I see squat in the gym to parallel does it wrong. Whether it be using the...

I do squats just above parallel because I do not have the ankle or hip flexibilty to squat any deeper (for now). If my body allowed me to do it with proper technique I would try and sit on the floor while keep my feet flat on the floor. Also, the heavier the weight I use, the less my body will...

I think you should not start off with hst. A newbie will make great gains with a simple program. Once gains slow down then hst is one of many options. Why use up all the tricks for hypertrophy before you need them? I am not saying that hst will not work for newbies, I am just saying that it...

You are normally 30-40% stronger eccentrically than concentrically. So with that in mind you should probably lower the weight slower than you lift it. But virtually no one does. Lateral and front raises are the worst exercise for this.

what I consider to be one of the major mistakes trainers make with newbies is that they give them all this fancy ####. Save the fancy #### till you need it. A newbie can make great gains just doing any exercise, even with high reps. So why not start off with reps in the 12-15 rep range to get...

Without being able to evaluate the rom in your shoulder, I would say no!

Where are your squats and deadlifts? Why do you use an ab machine? Ditch the lateral raises and leg press. Stick with compound exercises. Maybe even sub close grip bench for tri pushdowns.

The muscle groups you work are dependant upon how often you train. How often you train is dependant upon how much time you have/want to train. The reps per set used is determined by your exercise goals as well as the muscle group e.g. a postural muscle would get higher reps. And I have no...

If you are going to keep the same exercises, then I would do deadlifts before benching. deadlifts are a way harder exercise and therefore should be done first in the workour. How many days a week do you do each day? When you say 'abs' what are you doing? Why do people say that but don't say...

Ian King (one of the top strength and power trainers around) was asked about cycling creatine. "Q: I understand you've written a book on creatine. I haven't seen it yet, but I was wondering what your recommendations are for optimal use. Do you believe loading is necessary? Cycling? Mixing...

Why are you weight training as part of your triatholon training? It does have its place, but only for certain things. How far are you running, swimming, biking etc. If you want to get better at running then the best way to do that is to run, specificity. You need to calculate all of your...

Yes, caffeine is ok for cutting as it is a diuretic, Therefore it keeps the muscle but helps get rid of the water. That is what I have been saying. But I was saying that you do not need creatine to cut. And if you are going to take creatine, for best results avoid caffeine. You should cycle...

by what are you telling me to read that? is it cuz of what I said about caffeine? If that is the case then I still believe i am right as caffeine is a duiretic. Most of the weight gain is from water. So you do not want to be taking a duiretic. I wasn't meaning cuz it will affect your creatine...

lol thanks I just came across that article myself and was going to post that link in here.

Can't help you there sorry, cept to say that biotest make great products and virtually everyone gets noticeable results from them.

I agree with KingProtein about forgetting cardio. Cardio and hypertrophy are counterproductive. You shouldn't do cardio on an empty stomach anyway as you will use up some protein (as a fule source). With less muscle mass you will slow down your metabolism. Also, cardio works the slow twitch...