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What's the status on the HST book?

What will cause more damage to the muscle: 1 set of 10 to failure with 275, or 1 set of 5 with 285? It's nice to do 5's after doing 10's because the volume drop gives my body a little break. That doesn't address the scientific part of it though. That HST FAQ page is useful, though. Link...

No, it hasn't. I would still like to know what reasearch supports the decrease in volume that this program calls for. Where is the link?

I'm really not understanding it either. Can you explain it with a little background for the rest of us. I'm interested, i just don't have your background.

In the HST principles, I don't see a decrease in volume as one of the principles. However, during the program, we go from 15's to 10's, decreasing the volume by 30%. Then, when we go from 10s to 5s, we then cut the volume in half, and only increase the weight slightly. The volume is then 33% of...

Thanks! I think 2x day, 6x week. back legs AM, Chest, shoulders, arms pm. 2 sets per exercise, focus on compounds like clean & press, RDL, bench, pullover.

Why only train 3 days per week? Why not train 6 days per week instead?

Further evidence to support my claims? What claims? That hormone levels are not sustained indefinitely? Why do I have to prove anything? Use google. I respond quite badly to high volume training. I assume I'm not the only one, and I posted this here so that maybe someone else who is like me and...

2-3 sets per exercise, but occasionally 1 set per exercise. So you'd have about 10 sets per workout with the split above. Including warmups, it takes about 40 minutes to complete. In the 5's, it is best to allow more rest between sets. I go up to 5 minutes. This allows the muscles to regain...

HST advocates a routine that is very high volume. I would never attempt to do this and I would not recommend anyone else try it. For example, you might do squats, deadlifts, Overhead press, bench, pullover, dumbell curl, and chins all on the same day. This is very hard on the CNS. Ideally, a...

It's probably the creatine. Drink more water.

I love lifting heavy weights. But HST has me lift light for a good portion of the program. Here's a what I've done to avoid crappy workouts with light weights: 1 - use a different tempo. Instead of 1-0-1, I might use 1-2-2 2 - breathe deeper 3 - use ultra-strict form 4 - do 3 sets instead of...

Pilates is great for abs. Sounds like girly stuff, but you'll probably be surprised how hard it can be.

Since I found someone to take pics with, we do it every week and we do it in the AM after my second meal before training. Obviously, this is the worst time to get an impressive looking photo. I'm full of food and not pumped. Since we are consistent in the timing, it helps to monitor progress /...