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You shouldn't be getting sore. If you were you wouldn't be able to maintain the three times per week full body workout. Frequency seems to be related to soreness - the more frequently you work out a...

I disagree. The resistance training program should be higher priority than cardio because you still burn a lot of calories and will increase your metabolism if you manage to increase your lean body...

Milk, butter, nuts, ect.

Chad is a pretty smart guy. If you actually read his book you would see that he is very clear about needing a large number of sets (ie - workload) to hypertrophy when using low repetition training....

If you eat at or above maintenance, a while. If you eat at a 2000 cal deficit it will come a lot faster. If you take 2 weeks off you won't lose it, don't worry at all. People commonly take 9 days off...

Listen to Joelash. There is no need for you to do so many exercises. You always want to stimulate growth with the least amount of work possible. Chronically high volume (as in too high for you) will...

http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/training/weightlifting.htm

I would check the papers referenced in this article, especially 4, 5 and 8. Recovery is different for everyone and so there is not...

This. Some of the strongest people in the world are very skinny. Also, if you add strength without a calorie surplus you are unlikely to gain a lot of mass (ie the gains will be mostly neural). If...

Bahahahahah. Good call.

The training principles you are using are good, but the split and exercise selection are very poor.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224 or
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=4195843

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=4195843
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224

I apologize for not reading your entire long post, but I will say this - a rule of thumb to follow is that if your performance is decreasing you are overreaching. Overreaching is a cumulative effect...

Ya, you have to take a course here as well, but it's only a weekend course. To be fair, you have to take continuing education courses. I'm not discrediting all personal trainers either, since I know...

I'm not sure you entirely understand hypertrophy. When you say you don't want sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, why is that? Do you not want an increase in size?? All hypertrophy will involve sarcoplasmic...

Sorry, but you totally have to work this out by yourself - everyone is different. There is not cookie-cutter formula to diet. For example, i eat ~3500-4000 calories on a daily basis as a 21 year old...

You can cut during a 5x5 program, but here are the consequences:
-low, if any, hypertrophy
-higher incidence of overreaching or excessive fatigue
-missing reps/not being able to add as much weight...

The level of knowledge required is very low. I have my certification and I didn't even study for the exam, although I'm almost done my BSc in exercise physiology. But I can tell you that the PT...

Ya this too - what a good point. Your only on the second week of SS!! You should not be needing a spotter at this point. You should be able to easily make all the reps for a few more weeks at least.

Yep. You definitely can. You need to add 75 pounds in 52 weeks. That is roughly 1.5 lbs added per week. However you should be able to add more in the beginning. Don't get greedy with it though. You...