Ok, life is cruel. I discovered a GREAT way to get big, and fast! It was called HST, and for someone like me with a long past of weight training, the Muscle Memory effect, plus Creatine, helped me get back into shape in only 2-3 months, in what usually would take me over 1/2 a year..
But then..
Damned SHOULDER injury. Actually, I think it was just a case of over using the shoulders. Happened during the 5's, 3x per week just killed my right shoulder.
I took 3 months off completely, then tried again.. first 3x per week, very light, but the problem came back. I waited a month again, tried 2x per week, and sure enough, shoulder started aching again. So I waited another month and decided to try this, 1.5 times per week! Retarded HST!
Ok, so at this rate, I AM able to workout, and my shoulder is actually Healing while I do this. Basically, I split the body into Upper and Lower body, and work it out M-W-F. I double the normal HST volume, but with 1/2 the frequency, the total number of sets per week is about the same. Also, I tend to approach failure a bit more than I did with Standard HST.
Results have been pretty good, not as good as I got with Standard HST, but I AM getting results, a little stronger, a little bigger, each week. And THAT beats the HELL out of sitting around getting smaller while the shoulder heals.
For the curious, I do feel that only working each bodypart out 1.5 times per week instead of three, even with the same volume, is less productive than 3 times per week. I just dont get that same feeling, that the muscle was always a little pumped, that I got with Standard HST. It feels more like my HIT days..
I'm just glad to be lifting again! The shoulder is slowly getting better, went from about 80% when I started HST 0.5, to about 90+%.
But then..
Damned SHOULDER injury. Actually, I think it was just a case of over using the shoulders. Happened during the 5's, 3x per week just killed my right shoulder.
I took 3 months off completely, then tried again.. first 3x per week, very light, but the problem came back. I waited a month again, tried 2x per week, and sure enough, shoulder started aching again. So I waited another month and decided to try this, 1.5 times per week! Retarded HST!
Ok, so at this rate, I AM able to workout, and my shoulder is actually Healing while I do this. Basically, I split the body into Upper and Lower body, and work it out M-W-F. I double the normal HST volume, but with 1/2 the frequency, the total number of sets per week is about the same. Also, I tend to approach failure a bit more than I did with Standard HST.
Results have been pretty good, not as good as I got with Standard HST, but I AM getting results, a little stronger, a little bigger, each week. And THAT beats the HELL out of sitting around getting smaller while the shoulder heals.
For the curious, I do feel that only working each bodypart out 1.5 times per week instead of three, even with the same volume, is less productive than 3 times per week. I just dont get that same feeling, that the muscle was always a little pumped, that I got with Standard HST. It feels more like my HIT days..
I'm just glad to be lifting again! The shoulder is slowly getting better, went from about 80% when I started HST 0.5, to about 90+%.