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You should consider trying the standing press. You don't need a spotter for it and you get a lot more overall activation than the smith machine.

All good answers. If the goal is strength, you rest as long as you need to. At some point you won't gain much by resting any longer, and that's generally when I do another set.

I must say I think it's foolish to commit so much volume to such a relatively small muscle group (it's way less than half the size of your back); But I apologize for my digression.

It could be a...

My experience yields the same suggestion. You can try it, but in it's not sustainably better than cutting and bulking.

Agreed. It's a terrible idea.

Honestly there's no right answer to this, but strength is strength. I would consider a 400 pound man that can properly bench press 350 pounds to almost certainly be stronger than me even though my...

I'm just wondering: Is this day committed entirely to biceps?

A couple years ago I found myself where you're at right now. I went through the same thinking, gave it a try, and loved it. It's great to be able to get almost twice the number of FRESH work/heavy...

I personally love this type of approach. I've seen great success with it. You're just going to have to be careful not to do more than you initially planned to, because that's easy to do since...

No, you don't need to do incline flys - you can do just fine with incline presses and such.

As always, it depends on your diet and such - it's impossible for any of us to say for sure whether or not that's too much for you. Having said that, I can't imagine that being too much volume.

I'm a big fan of planks of all varieties.

I think that would be a good idea. You can also try doing heavy partials with the top part of the bench press motion where the triceps dominate.

From what I understand, it's just a question of efficiency and how you're looking to distribute the tension. I would not say that it's wrong. I've used both ways over the years and I haven't had a...

seconded. I don't even bother doing crunches.

Are you doing any heavy compound pressing exercises? The weighted dips seem good given your goal, but maybe it's time to explore other heavy compounds.

Fat comes off first/last different places for different people. I personally hold more fat on my legs and hips. It was only when I got super lean everywhere else that my butt and hips started to...

Weight isn't the only indicator of how much a workout is going to tire your body out. Doing an outrageous amount of volume with a really small amount of rest between sets would also tire you out a...

Don't STAY in any rep range if you aim for long term growth.

I prefer to superset opposing muscle groups, assuming that my rest scheme is 2+ minutes (which it mostly is right now). If my rest scheme is shorter than that, then I simply can't mesh them together...