canopies is kinda right hahahaha...
i'm so used to madcow (5 reps)... i can't consistently do 15 reps for 2 sets

er.. i thought 15 reps is one set only? only 10 reps is 2 set wut. no?

from my understanding, need to do 2 sets...

yeah, i was cocky saying i wanna do 3 sets...
and guess what? i got my butt kicked.

Yeap, you guys are right. sometimes when not on form, can't really finish.
however, in the HST guide by Bryan Haycock, he said its actually ok if you can't finish.. the idea is to fatigue your muscles... so if thats achieved b4 reaching the pre-set amount of reps is still ok...

King, for a guy that just got out of madcow/ripptoe... going up to 15 reps makes you run out of breath pretty quick... even if only doing body weight squats for 15 reps... you'll realize you're ald panting... if you check back the earlier part of my journal.. you can see me saying that all the time..

3 sets? there u go screwing program again

Lol, try squatting heavy for 15 reps straight... its a killer... you'll be dragging your sorry arse around the gym to complete the rest of the training.

EDIT: this message is intended for King

This post has been edited by Neek: Aug 8 2007, 01:13 PM

HST Cycle 2, week 5-6, Training 2, 8/8/07

it's not screwing the program.
you CAN do 3 sets.... but it's for advanced trainers.

Now let's not talk about the "advanced" bit, but i used
to do 3 sets of everything with high reps (10 to 12) before
i started my first program (madcow). But i can't do it now.
I dunno why... maybe it's all the slacking during SD, maybe
it's because i'm used to 5 reps, i dunno. But slowly and surely
i'll get used to it again.

HST Cycle 2, weeks 5-6 Training 3, 10/8/2007

Body weight now at 69kg... put on 7.6 kgs in about 3.5 months... hmm.. might have put on too much too soon. too eager to get heavy i suppose...

HST Cycle 2, week 5-6, training 4, 13/8/07

HST Cycle 2, week 5-6, training 5, 15/8/07

How you liking HSt so far neek? Nice? Good gains?

Its okay.. i'm getting a little used to the HST routine. which is why i added extra tricep and bicep workouts...
want some of the lean mass that i gain to go to my arms more
last weighed myself at 69kg... didn't watch diet too tight.. so my waist line been going up too...

HST Cycle 2, week 5-6 training 6, 17/8/07

Just finished one week break and i lost 1kg on the break. body weight at 68kg when i started lifting for HST Cycle 3.

My take on HST so far:
I feel that its good in the sense that the whole body worksout and recovers in the next 2 days meaning overall growth for about 6 days a week on training weeks. (this is just theory based, I'm not so certain about the truth and actual results)
However, since its full body workouts... its hard to add focus on favourite body parts or more importantly, lagging body parts.
however, i've added a little bit more volume for my delts and arms. and see how that'll workout within the HST programme. this move made my overall training session longer than b4. but i still only train 3 days a week.

HST Cycle 3, Week 1-2, Training 1, 27/8/07

Another thing i realised bout HST. The first training session after the strat deconditioning is a killer. My quads and arms were sore like mad for those puny weights that i lifted...

HST cycle 3, week 1-2, training 2, 30/8/07


This post has been edited by Neek: Aug 30 2007, 01:46 AM

HST Cycle 3, week 1-2, training 3

why recently leg exercises giving u so much trouble leh? u over do your weights?

Dunno la... i'm thinking its the Strategic deconditioning that might have caused it. Or maybe too much lactic acid cos its 10 reps.
anyway, the feeling is painful but awesome! i know that sounds kinda sadistic.. but its more of a sense of satisfaction that i managed to train that hard.
hopefully it'll add more size to me legs.

tree trunk legs to go!!!!!