Recent content by CyberSteak

ok hold up.  there is such a thing as straight back, stiff legged deadlift.  How many versions are there? Stiff Leg Deadlift Straight Back Stiff Leg Straight Back Straight Leg and finally (?) Straight Leg Did I miss anything?  How could one exercise be so dang confusing?

I see there's a couple of topics that have brought up deadlifts. I'm curious what version of a deadlift people do and which in your opinion is the best. To me it's always one of those exercises that you can feel for a short while (especially in my hams and lower back) but seem to recover quickly...

Okie...back on the HST boards. History, two years back I decided to get serious about putting some muscle on my 6'2", 150lb body. I went all out for 8 months, lots of eating, lots of rest, and through 2 cycles of HST. Got my skinny little @$$ up to 194lbs (ok...it wasn't just my @$$...but...

I've always done the same at the end of a workout. Hang from the bar to stretch my spine. I remember reading to do that in Franco Columbo's book way back when I was in high school. So this is a bad thing???

I simply went to the gym one week before I started my SD. Figured out my 15's on the Monday, 10's on the Wednesday, and 5's on the Friday. This first cycle is over as of tomorrow. But I think I'm going to figure out my max's over again by doing what I did above. I think I still made some...

Throughout my first cycle regardless of reps or exercise I did one warm up set and two work. My two weeks of 5's kinda got messed up because of the holidays (gym was closed for more days then I expected) so I added another full week of my 5 rep maxes. This week is when I added the drop sets. I...

Well I have implemented my drop sets in this fashion... I do a 5 rep warm up, then my 5 rep max, drop the weight for another 5 reps, then drop the weight for my final 5 reps. 15 reps in total if you don't count the warm up, and often times my weight for my final 5 ends up being the weight I...

Ok...I've seen it posted a few times on the boards now...but I must be missing something. I don't recall reading about it on the initial write up of HST. So...what are they??? When are they done??? And how??? I'm finishing off my second week of 5's and haven't done these at all (that I know...

I must have missed something...dropsets???

Ok so I started my sets of 5 reps this past week. Next weeks workouts are kinda messed up because of my gym being closed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. So instead of taking the weekend off (like I normally do) I'll be heading in to start my second week tomorrow. Then I'll go in again on...

Hmmmm...the following site... http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Triceps/ASTriDip.html states that the triceps are the targeted muscle using that form. And pecs are listed as synergist. I am trying to avoid isolated excercises. So I'm thinking that dips using this form along with bench...

Ok I thought I would post the excercises I'm going to follow for my first cycle along with a few questions. Squats (bar) Discovered today though that my form is kinda shot...I can't seem to get to paralell without my heals coming up. I was told that I have to work on my flexibility (I'll do...

Ok, well in my last work out I figured out my 15 rm. Difficult task. The highest rep I ever did in the previous program was 10. And the average was 5. But it also consisted of more sets. Anyhow, the 15 rm are done. I'm in tomorrow to figure out my 10's and then again on Friday for my 5's...

Ok...first off, I've been working out regularly for about 4 months now. I've been following an intermediate, 3-day full body workout found here... http://www.stumptuous.com/program3.html . I'm 6' 2" tall and started off at a weight of 150 lbs. I now weigh 175. HUGE progress. I once...