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I do, but my lower back can handle the workload. You can do a subset of your back routine, say the chins and rows if you want to hit the biceps and delts specifically.

Again, food intake would...

I would do the latter, setting up a day 5 for it. Of course, you may have to downscale the workload, so that you can realistically increase weights once a week. If need be, you can use less load as...

The other thing is that most ab exercises don't really create a lot of damage to the abs. A lot of fatigue, but most ab exercise are essentially "leg extensions" for the abs.

If you want to...

Ah, okay. Yeah, cleans would hit that area nicely. And hitting the upper torso 3x-a-week is very effective.



Honestly, I would strongly recommend including pull work with your bicep day as...

Ah, okay. I'm not sure what you're doing for back (i.e. overlap), but it looks like you're working the legs and back once-a-week, and the upper torso twice a week. Moreover, because most of the...

A popular HST-style strategy is to take 2 weeks off once you've hit the weight ceiling. This resensitizes muscle to lower loads, so that you can start lower again. This is especially useful if you...

Actually, you can train just about any non-traumatized muscle while it's sore and stimulate additional growth. Also, once you've trigger that soreness, it usually goes away in a few days even if you...

Progressive load (+weight) is the most important stimulus for growth. Therefore, almost everybody has to train for strength in order to see long-term growth.

For many people, it's easier to...

+blow = +shredded :D



Basically, think of your body as a food factory. Food goes in, size goes out.
Now, if you train poorly (or if you eat way too much), that size will be fat. But if...

This is really good advice. Your thumb helps you activate muscles for pressing. So, when you're squeezing with the thumb while pulling, you're sending mixed messages to the brain. Going thumbless...

Wow . .that’s 20lbs from your competition weight (April/May?), no?

Offhand, about the genetics debate, you can look at two different ways:

1) Strength dictating size potential. There’s 4...

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=671218&highlight=gargani+high+reps

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=703021&highlight=w8isgr8+growth+hormone

It's not so much about...

I learned about the lactic acid stuff from HST, which is designed for all tendons/ligaments, not just the cuff. It's why most HST trainees spend 2 weeks doing 15-rep sets prior to lifting heavy. A...

No idea, because I have no idea how fatigue you'd be prior to the pump set. 80% is a good start (if you're doing pulling/row movements, you can switch to a partial style movement and use less...

It helps. :) Easy version is 10-20 rep burn set after heavy work. Hard version would be EDT or GVT.

It's something you do by feel. If you have enough density/volume where you're feeling a...

Mikey's right. A partial tear from the RC is bad, bad news mate. Just as KopyKat says, take that break and see a doctor.

If there are no tears, first thank God, and then look at this thread:
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Basically the argument goes that if you work toward a burn or pump, then the muscle is metabollically active. The more metabolically active the muscle, the more food will be used for growth and...

Sounds like you got RC irritation. If you feel it or have swelling during your off days, then drop press and row immediately until the inflammation is gone. You don't want to come back from a RC...

It's the most effective means to turn the body into a food factory, so that in the future you can bulk big/dirty and cut relatively easy. It's also the most effective generic method for a power...

Well, conditioning is a catch-all term really. It could be . . .

1) An elaborate stretching protocol (though most athletes would probably incorporate it anyway into their normal routine).
...