Clarification!
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psychonaut
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I use this calculator, its fairly self-explanatory;
http://www.engr.mun.ca/~butt/mrcalc2.html
Like it says on the page, calculations involving high reps will not be accurate - so its impossible to estimate your 15RM accurately, or any other reps from a 15RM. For lower reps ive found it to be amazingly accurate, but that might just be me.
http://www.engr.mun.ca/~butt/mrcalc2.html
Like it says on the page, calculations involving high reps will not be accurate - so its impossible to estimate your 15RM accurately, or any other reps from a 15RM. For lower reps ive found it to be amazingly accurate, but that might just be me.
Hi, RXD 
Do you want your abs (and hence your waist) to get bigger?
If you want or need to make them bigger, you may have a few options depending on what kind of set up you have at home. Do you have any type of cable? Can you rig up a slant board? Maybe you can make your crunches while holding a plate more difficult, by doing them very slowly and eliminating any momentum.
On the other hand, you may want to focus on building the rest of your musculature and bringing your bodyfat down so that your abs are more visible. This is more sensible for many of us I think.
Kate
Do you want your abs (and hence your waist) to get bigger?
If you want or need to make them bigger, you may have a few options depending on what kind of set up you have at home. Do you have any type of cable? Can you rig up a slant board? Maybe you can make your crunches while holding a plate more difficult, by doing them very slowly and eliminating any momentum.
On the other hand, you may want to focus on building the rest of your musculature and bringing your bodyfat down so that your abs are more visible. This is more sensible for many of us I think.
Kate
rxd, it seems most people get a too good response to working their abs while on HST and decides to drop direct work. The problem with too large abs is that you end up looking fat...which is no good 
If you shed enough fat you'll have visible abs. If you do your squats (or any exercise where you need to stabilize your mid-section) you will still develop them.
If you shed enough fat you'll have visible abs. If you do your squats (or any exercise where you need to stabilize your mid-section) you will still develop them.
When you have finished your 6 week cycle with 15s,10s and 5s and will go 2 weeks on 5s again, Should you just start the 5s all over again, I mean the same progression?
If you had Bench: 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75. Where 75 is the 5 RM, If I wish to go on with another 2 weeks of 5s should I just start the 5s from the beginning and not increase any weights or how is it done?
If you had Bench: 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75. Where 75 is the 5 RM, If I wish to go on with another 2 weeks of 5s should I just start the 5s from the beginning and not increase any weights or how is it done?
