Recent content by johnb

Thanks guys... I like it quite a bit, this was my third full cycle, the first bulking. All three cycles posted strength gains, despite the fact that I was cutting during the first two. I take that as a pretty good indication of muscle retention. I've been trying to maximize hypertrophy to...

I just finished an HST bulking cycle and while HST is not optimized for strength gains, I decided to test a few 1 rep maxes anyway. The results are as follows: Lift Previous New Bench 245lbs 265lbs Squat 250lbs 285lbs Dead 355lbs 365lbs I gained...

Just another thing to try... I've found that doing romanian deadlifts with a snatch grip takes my lower back out almost completely. Hammers hams/glutes. Plus you really have to work to keep a good arch.

I'm 6'4", 210. My max is probably somewhere between 275 and 300, I haven't tested it in a long time.

Thai, I think that was your man Nelson's idea originally. :D

Focus on keeping your butt down, that may help as well.

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You can email it to me if you want, I'll host it.

The latter. I sit on my ass in front of a computer all day, so I have to bring cals down pretty low to keep fat loss moving. I was happy that I could still hit all my previous max weights. Time constraints have prevented me from trying it while bulking.

I have. I did the full body version, basically one workset per exercise, twice a day. I never felt overtrained or exhibited any symptoms, and that was at a pretty significant caloric defecit. I was very happy with the mass I was able to retain.

Not to mention lowers testosterone significantly for something like 36 hours afterwards.

I don't believe in excuses either, I was fooling around more than anything. All in all my height hasn't hurt me as much as you'd expect. My bench is fairly decent, considering where I started. The squat is by far my weakest lift.

So does that mean I'm screwed at 6'4", 210? :D

I've always looked at DC as HST without the deconditioning. In HST, progressive load is facilitated by the use of submaximal weights. Submaximal weights work because you're deconditioned. In DC, strength gains facilitate progressive load, but at higher weights with slightly less frequency...

Stupid POS InDemand didn't carry it. :mad: Guess I'll have to wait for the DVD.