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    Partials v Negatives

    Hi guys, I was just wondering who progresses to partials for pulling movements and who uses negatives? I'm presuming that it wouldn't be possible to progress to partials and then negatives as the max weight for a partial would probably be similar to that of a negative. I was going to favour...
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    HST Challenged by HIT

    Generally speaking most criticusms of HST seem to stem from ignorance and this is a classic example. The rep range isn't varied for the sake of it, decreasing the number of reps is simply a consequence of increasing the load...overall reps for a lot of people are kept about the same. So...
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    Deadlifts

    If you've got lower back issues then I'm not sure alternating squats and sl deads is a good idea - a lot of strain for the lower back. That's why I do leg press instead of squats. Cheers Rob
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    Rest-Pause with HST ?

    I think the difference is clustering is actually about doing multiple sets - it's just that the number of reps per set aren't pre-fixed. Rest-pause is about extending a set, i.e. getting a few extra reps after failure. Cheers Rob
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    Rep Range

    You don't actually have to stick to any rep range at all, the 15/10/5 set up is to make the cycle easier to set up. I do a different number of reps each session as I go to 1-2 reps short of failure - so my '10s' equivalent might be 15,12,10 and my '5s' eqivalent might be 8,6,5. I usually do a...
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    Rest-Pause with HST ?

    I know Dan (DKM) and Ron (Nw lifter) like rest pause in terms of failure training (i.e. if you're going to train to failure that is the best way). Obviously HST isn't usually about going to failure but it might be a good way to finish off a cycle (last couple of weeks or something)...
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    Deadlifts

    Hi mate, I only started using deadlifts a few months ago and now it's my favourite exercise so i'd definitely recommend adding it to your workout. I checked out a lot of stuff on the net about form and also watched a couple of experienced deadlifters down the gym. I experimented with different...
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    What is your career?

    Great idea for a thread Joe - and we should probably put our heads together because I'm an independent financial adviser! I specialise in working with dentists so if anyone knows any in the UK then let me know! :-D
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    new routine

    I'm guessiing that faz is deliberately doing twice a week as he has been looking at studies etc on dan's site which show little benefit to training three times over training twice a week.... faz - in terms of using your rep maxes, why not progress in the usual manner but instead of doing say 5...
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    Changing mid-cycle

    That was a bit of a flippant statement of mine but I've been discussing it with Dan at his site and he doesn't feel there's that much behind the summation effect and that vicious was only looking at one particular thing (can't remember what!). Agree with you on the doesn't matter if you...
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    4th Cycle - Advice

    www.fitday.com is a good one for planning your diet etc. I would concentrate on how many reps you do per bodypart rather than sets and try and keep these the same (i.e. this will mean more sets at heavier weights). A lot of people do 1 set at 15s, 2 sets at 10s and 3 sets at 15 so you might...
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    Changing mid-cycle

    Hi everyone, Ok I'm making some adjustments to my routine mid cycle after reading a lot of the stuff at Dan's site (dkm1987) and discussing it with him. I was doing a HST cycle 6x a week, single set per bodypart up to 5s and then was intending to do 2 sets in the 5s followed by pulse reps. I...
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    4th Cycle - Advice

    Hi mate, Firstly I'm not so sure that 5lbs gain in 8 weeks is 'nothing major'. Dan (DKM1987) tells me that 0.5-1lb a week is good gaining and that anything too much above that is likely to be fat gain. If you gain 5lbs every 10 weeks (accounting for sd) then that's fitting with 0.5lbs a week...
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    1 short of faliure reps

    I guess you have to make sure that it doens't impact on your next routine and lead to overtraining...also a lot of people want to keep volume constant (i.e. same number of overall reps) and obviously 3 sets of 15s is going to be hard to replicate in the 5s!
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    1 set per body part

    Check out the e-book in the customising thread in the general training forum - it will tell you much more about it than I ever could.
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