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Absolutely fine for women! Weight training is weight training really. Stimulating muscle growth is the same in women as for men. In fact, women, in general, don't have the recuperative capacity that...

No and No. It takes a lot of practice to start increasing poundage in a 20 rep squat program. It's not as simple as "just do 20 reps with your 12 RM". You need to take time to work up to a reasonable...

The 20 rep squat program is great for adding mass and overall strength but I'm not sure I'd recommend it to anyone specifically trying to increase their 1RM. If you already have an appreciable amount...

Sure it could. However, make sure you are getting enough time between workouts. You might actually need to insert an extra day of rest between workouts in order to make that work.

In actual fact...

Not super offended....it's not my article. However, I do find it very annoying that people feel the need to toss out new ideas simply because it doesn't fit in with what they THINK they know about...

Never tried a routine like this have you? What is really ridiculous is the fact that you made a comment on a topic out of complete ignorance. I have no doubt you are absolutely huge right? You...

Medium pace is best in my opinion for the vast majority of training routines. This is not something I think you need to obsess over. Get in there and just do it!

In any event, if all pros are taking steroids (which is very likely) and some use low volume while others use high volume then the result is that all of the methods work equally well for drug using...

No there isn't. Although abs are important you'll notice that I don't include them in most of my programs. I do recommend that abs get trained on a regular basis but since they are rarely trained...

If you truly believe that you have been severly misled. 1 set to failure can be spectacular for making incredible gains. Many, myself included, have built some impressive physiques on 1-2 sets per...

Take flies out of the routine entirely, just wasting time for nothing. Cut down to one exercise each for tri's and bi's, these get nailed enough on chest, shoulder and back days.

Also sway...

I'd say the training split overall looks pretty good. Although I would probably do some volume alterations at each workout. 5x5 one day, 2x5 (to failure) the next day, etc. Other than that it looks...

Hey H22Accord;

Sorry to hear things have slowed for you bro. I'd say you are definately on the brink of, if not already in, overtraining. First off I'd recommend a few days break. Max a week...

Hmm...two problems.....pros hold no water in the real world of NATURAL bodybuilding....it just doesn't mean **** what they do cause we aren't taking the drugs they are. And don't give any crap about...

You got it. The whole idea is to get up to a weight (resistance) which is very close to your maximum weight for the day without taxing your muscles so much that the "work" sets are negatively...

Fully recovered? Probably not but you shouldn't feel that wiped. You probably over did it a little. That's not necessarily a bad thing as long as it isnt a regular occurance as it will lead to...

I'd just like to let everyone know that the feedback on this article has been spectacular! Thanks everyone.

Totally aggree. In general for us true ectos always ere on the side of caution. Our tolerance to training is just sooo much lower than meso's or endo's.....tough truth I know but "knowledge is power."

Check out some stuff by Stuart McRobert:

www.hardgainer.com

I'd highly recommend his book "Beyond Brawn" as required reading for all ectos.

Keep your diet in check with lots of protein to provide the necessary building blocks for recovery and slow muscle catabolism.

If you can do any form of training for the legs that would really be...