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If I am consuming say 4 cups of skim milk/yoghurt a day, how much supplemental calcium should I be taking? Considering that I am on a high protein/phosphorus body building type diet that i have read is fairly calcium depleting.

Bryan, towards then end a recent cyle of HST employing back squats I began to experience knee pain. I was using a 6 day routine and working out with squats 6x a week intially and due to discomfort 3x into the 5's an negs. This was very stupid in retrospect but I cannot undo what is done. The...

Despite, taking a week off I continue to have issues with knee cap pain and pain on the medial aspect of the knee, accompanied by crunching during flexation (worse on the eccentric by far). I have taken a week off from leg work, what should I be doing to heal this injury? I am already taking...

5RM's Squat 140kg Dips 140kg (90kg bw + 50kg)

Whats the best shoe for squatting and deadlifting, I have overly flat feet and tend to pronate a fair bit so I would need some form of arch/midsole support. What sort of shoes would people recommend, anyone know decent brands/types available in australia?

Whats the best shoe for squatting and deadlifting, I have overly flat feet and tend to pronate a fair bit so I would need some form of arch/midsole support. What sort of shoes would people recommend, anyone know decent brands/types available in australia?

I might shoot for 2-3 increments over the next two weeks, then give myself a rest, the sports medicine bloke I saw told me it was not tendonitis but patellar femoral syndrome (patellar mistracking) and would require retraining of quads + stretching and a few other things to correct. I am...

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Having just finished my first cycle of HST I am quite happy, however I have a few questions about the negatives period. Is it best to approach the negs by incrementing beyond your 5RM using the same progression weights you were using during the 5's until you get a your 1 RM (plus four eccentric...

there is minimal/no pain during the crunching range of movement, I get slight pulling pain when standing up (knees from 90 degrees) right where teh VMO seems to meld into the knee cap when cold, it's quite noticeable.

G'day just finishing off 5's now and moving onto the negs and I have been experiencing some discomfort in my knees. I am currently working out full body 6x a week, the rest of my body is feeling stiff but more or less fine. I am currently doing the following leg work W1 Squats Leg Curls W2...

Is taking a green tea supplement with between 250-500mg of ECCG a day a bad idea whilst bulking? what about cutting? what level of impairment are we talking about here?

45-60 second sets emphasising the concentric, no emphasis on eccentric. Amount of sets depends on muscle group size, for a general goal shoot for between 4 - 7 sets

45-60 second sets emphasising the concentric, no emphasis on eccentric. Amount of sets depends on muscle group size, for a general goal shoot for between 4 - 7 sets

If you stick with the large compound movements like squats and deads in the heavier rep ranges and perform the core stabilization side of things correctly, eg tightening your transverse abdominus etc out of the whole you can generally get excellent ab development without ever doing a crunch. Ab...

what are some ideas interval/intensity wise for 5-10min post session HIT (being mindful of overtraining since I am working out atm 6x a week)

in my 5's atm working out full body 6x a week, Current leg works includes 2 sets of either squats/legpress and 2 hamstring curls/calves per day. Been noticing some stiffness in my knees. It's only really noticeable when lowering myself during maybe the first 30 degrees from standing up, there is...

I am currently putting away about 18 cal/lb so about 3600 calories a day, I seem to be gaining weight, (up couple kilos since start of cycle). As for chins if you think negatives are superior I will go with that then, incrementing beyond 5RM, doing as many full ROM reps as I can and then filling...

When adding metabolic work (light 15's) during the 5's and post 5's should a light set of 15 be done for every exercise in your routine (ideally?) or just on the major compound movements only.

Which loaded stretches should I do doing during end of 5's post 5's? ATM I will be doing loaded stretches after the last rep of the following exercises before the high rep set. DB Flyes - 10-20sec tensed against load at full stretch Chins - pulse 5- 10 times near lockout then 45-60sec Rows -...