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(style @ Oct. 25 2006,14:53)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">''if its his first HST cycle i would say he does need to sd.
otherwise the submax weights will have no benefit.''
Even with a 14 day SD, the sub max weights will probably have no hypertrophic benefit!
If his joints are fine and hes feeling good Id keep going.
I like to keep the cycle going for as long as possible. Whether you wont to take some time off is another matter, I like to take a week off occassionally but since I only train every 3 days now I see no reason to stop. I love it
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style there may be some argument for deloading instead of sding..but imo after 4wks of heavy 5s i think deloading will not give the CNS the break it needs sd will IMO.
even bryan takes an sd read his thread 15s kicked my butt.(i think).
but i must dissagree on this statement.
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Even with a 14 day SD, the sub max weights will probably have no hypertrophic benefit!
if that is the case then the submax weights on 10s and 5s will also be of no benefit because they are also submax
so why dont we all just do HIT no submax weights there.
we all know that one of the main factors for hypertrophy is progressive load and the 15s are part of the progressive load,and if you take nine days where you have done no lifting at all, to lifting submax 15s is that not also progression.
there are many people on this site including myself who have gained during the 15s imo due to sd.
if you have any evidence that submax weights do not help with hypertrophy i would like to see it