Recent content by hm85

Thanks a lot for the advice, I'll do as you recommend!

Thanks for the reply, Old and Grey. So essentially working out 3x per week while striving to increase the load lifted each workout? With that in mind, I'm going on vacation in a week (for 9 days) and I won't able to work out during this time. Upon returning, do you think I should start an HST...

adpowah, thanks for the reply. I agree that HST is awesome. Reading the science behind it is very inspiring and makes me feel like I will always be able to make gains, which is very psychologically powerful. But as you said, I feel linear progression is too good to pass on. It seems a little...

I've recently finished a round of HST and got pretty good results, particularly in the 5s and negatives. I'm still very much a novice (6 months of consistent lifting) and I'm wondering about the usefulness of HST in the case of someone like myself who is still able to add weight or reps to the...

Thanks for the reply, mickc1965. I'd been supersetting during my 5s with opposing muscle groups (for example, overhead barbell press followed by rows) to fit 6 sets in per workout. But yes, the workouts were pretty drawn out. I dug a bit deeper and found a couple of posts from Bryan addressing...

I couldn't find the answer to this anywhere, so apologies if it's already been answered. In recent years, Bryan has started to recommend 30 reps per muscle group per workout. Is it recommended to maintain this throughout an HST cycle, including on all the max workouts? (For example, during 5s...