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That is my point - you can't judge the success of a training program by referring to guys who use anabolics.

You're missing a very important point - Roy Jones Jr had more than a slight interest in anabolics. As was later proven.

Hypertrophy does occur during strength training but it's predominantly an enlargment of the muscle fibre itself - sarcomere hypertrophy (an increase in myofibril number) as opposed to sarcoplasmic...

You may be surprised to learn that 5x5 was popularised by British legendary bodybuilder Reg Park back in the 1950's - Bill Starr then revived 5x5 during late 1970's.

Park's beginner's course was...

What i meant was, the rate of detraining in those new to weightlifting is at a much higher rate when compared with those whom have several years experience (plus the experienced lifter regain their...

I think your best bet would be to give priority to your immediate goal.

e.g. If this be sport specific, then you would go by what's required e.g. contact sport requiring 200lb bodyweight combined...

Any calories which are not utilized in the muscle building process (and basic maintenance) will turn to fat. I think that's a given - other than that i'm with MC. No surplus calories, No gain.

That's an highly specific question. It's not just lifting hard, but nutrition also - e.g. Do you want lean mass with single digit bodyfat? or lean mass with double digit bodyfat? Either way your...

Here's an alternative. - it could be too much work (for you) - i'll put it forward anyway

Rotate between A & B.
A.
Barbell Squat
Barbell Chest Press
Barbell Row
Barbell Shoulder Press...

Go here:
http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/periodization.html

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
OF PROGRESSION
Progressive overload. Progressive overload is the
gradual increase of stress...

So a book by Ronnie Coleman or Dorian Yates would be equally acceptable? - if Tiger Woods has a coach i would buy his book ahead of Tigers.



Unless they have several years experience of...

I'm not a big fan of single set training, but again, it's not to say it can't be effective for someone else - if single set training happens to be productive for a certain person then you can't...

I was just pulling your leg a bit ;)

Such a derogatory remark deserves compensation in the form of rep points... :D

What i don't understand is why some people have the urge to continuously bang-on about training to failure for... ??

I'll agree that mentzer type training schemes are utterly worthless - from my...

Going by what you had written, i thought you could do with a small amount of help - i hope now you have learned the difference between submaximal effort method and repeated effort method.

Have a...

Try not taking it out of context.

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Originally Posted by _Dominik_
I'll restate what is already crystal clear:

Q: Is going to failure every set necessary for hypertrophy? A: No.
Q: Is...

"Methods using submaximal versus repeated efforts differ only in the number of repititions per set -- intermediate in the first case and maximal (to failure) in the second. The stimulation of muscle...

Methods of strength training.

Nor is submaximal effort method necessary for hypertrophy. So what's your point?