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I am coming off of using a standard 4 -5 day split for about 2 years and am interesting in the HST routine. I have a couple questions if anyone can answer, it would be greatly appreciated:
"The whole workout can be split into a morning and afternoon session. It can likewise be doubled, performing the same workout morning and evening. Keeping volume (number of sets and exercises) low is critical if doubling the workout. "
Does anyone double their workout? Doubling the workout would basically be doing half the sets in each session per day? ( I noticed Blade's post in the FAQ forum about the split but not sure about doubling the workout)
Also:
"HST suggests that you use 2 week blocks for each rep range. Why? It has nothing to do with adaptation. It is simply a way to accommodate the ever increasing load. Of course, you could adjust your reps every week (e.g. 15,12,10,8,5,etc), but this is more complicated and people might not understand. Often times, in order to communicate an idea you must simplify things, even at the expense of perfection. If people can't understand it, they won't do it. What good would that do or anybody? Then, over time, people figure out for themselves the other possibilities that exist within the principles of hypertrophy"
Does anyone do the workout in a 1 week block? It seems to me that they are implying the 1 week block is better. How would this work?
LASTLY:
If I am in a current routine, do I need a week off before starting HST?
Thanks!
"The whole workout can be split into a morning and afternoon session. It can likewise be doubled, performing the same workout morning and evening. Keeping volume (number of sets and exercises) low is critical if doubling the workout. "
Does anyone double their workout? Doubling the workout would basically be doing half the sets in each session per day? ( I noticed Blade's post in the FAQ forum about the split but not sure about doubling the workout)
Also:
"HST suggests that you use 2 week blocks for each rep range. Why? It has nothing to do with adaptation. It is simply a way to accommodate the ever increasing load. Of course, you could adjust your reps every week (e.g. 15,12,10,8,5,etc), but this is more complicated and people might not understand. Often times, in order to communicate an idea you must simplify things, even at the expense of perfection. If people can't understand it, they won't do it. What good would that do or anybody? Then, over time, people figure out for themselves the other possibilities that exist within the principles of hypertrophy"
Does anyone do the workout in a 1 week block? It seems to me that they are implying the 1 week block is better. How would this work?
LASTLY:
If I am in a current routine, do I need a week off before starting HST?
Thanks!