Concerning the heavy-weights low-rep workout (5x5), the main purpose is to activate "sleeping" muscle fibres which have not been given a reason to be active because of the lack of intensity. Yes, you may lift moderate weights for 15 reps but only the last few reps (perhaps the last 2 or 3), when you are finding it harder to lift, would actually contribute the most to the "waking-up" of the inactive muscle fibres.

So, now that it is clear that the greatest stress is caused by the last few reps, wouldn't it be good to have stress from the very beginning? Of course, you cannot have stress by using moderate weights. You would need to up your poundages to a certain degree that even the first two or three reps of your set would have already put your muscles under stress. When this is done for a few sets (5x5), additional muscle fibers would have a role to play because your muscle fibers are already fatigued. There is now a reason for your muscles to grow.

LOL, that is the most ridiculous aesthetic need for bodybuilding I've heard.

I'd like to see some replies to that.

rofl...
haha...
positioning ur nipple?
well, maybe he meant by targeting ur muscle so it looks as if the nipple were somewhere there.
different workout or angle target different specific parts.
try to find out which works.

20reps squat then? XD
with heavy weight, 80% to 90% your 5RM
your muscle will be shocked again

if it is too side ways it looks like man boobs... and i dont want it that way... because i dont go to gym i am limited to only a few moves i know.. probably i have been working out just that part and only that part enlarge

bodybuilding is about sculpturing ur body to ur liking right? i remember arnold's interview... if u want a certain musccle/part of ur body to look bigger/nicer u work that particular part
yes yes... my trainer did mention about it.. but he showed me with d machine... i wonder is there anyway else with dumbells? i dont go gym i work out from home... so it is a bit hard for me

I am quiet curious wif this routine..doing 20 reps of 80% 5RM would be tiring.  Muscles would be exhausted, but muscles cannot get big from exhaustion.. it gets big from overloading.  That is the basis of all those low rep heavy weight routine. I am sure that by doing 20 reps you'lll boost your testosterone and hgh levels.. but this could also be achieve by doing regular strength training program like madcow and max ot. Varying the routine is ok but i just don't get the 20 reps..other than the increase intensity.

saw this when surfing net...lol

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_articl...arting_strength
T-Nation: Speaking of stupid shit, or rather, crazy shit, a section of your book Strong Enough?: Thoughts from Thirty Years of Barbell Training talked about the mental benefits of 20-rep squats. Can you go a bit more into that?


Rippetoe: This isn't something I dreamed up. Strossen's written about it. Perry Rader's old programs from the '40s and '50s involved 20-rep squats. 20-rep squats are not a beginner's thing, because beginners can't possibly do them correctly. But for an intermediate lifter who wants to take six or eight weeks and grow some legs, 20-rep squats do a marvelous job.

It does make you tough. But most people can't stand to do the damn thing. If you're doing it right, you won't go more than six or eight weeks. You just can't. At least I couldn't, and I'm kind of stupid about that kind of stuff.

For an actual, no shit, set of 20 squats, you're going to pick a weight that you previously thought was your 10-rep max. And you're going to do 10 reps with it. Then you're going to do the 11th rep, and you're gonna breathe a little bit. And finally, you're gonna finish the 19th rep, and Jesus is gonna be talking to you about this time.

Then you're gonna finish the 20th rep, and you'll somehow get it back in the rack, and then you collapse. You'll get tunnel vision and your hearing will change while you're trying to catch your breath. All kinds of weird peripheral central nervous system effects will take place.

What you normally find is that you're laying on the ground, and you think, "Oh my God, I'm so glad that's over with." And then after about five minutes, the realization occurs, "I gotta do this again next week with another ten pounds. Oh shit."

Most people can't deal with that for a long period of time. But it's terribly useful for short periods of time.

totaly wrong... everybdy got diffrn kind of metoblzma and body shape from genetic... u gotta work out diffrn style to see the result...u cant copy what people do...if i do 2 set bicep work out...is not mean same thing u can do...train yaslf...and see wich is workin out well...don copy simply...

20reps squat then? XD
with heavy weight, 80% to 90% your 5RM
your muscle will be shocked again

found some link
happy reading
do check the link inside
http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/20_Rep_Squats

http://ezinearticles.com/?Get-Big-Muscle-F...quats&id=714241

well, do different angle of bench presses.
eh wait a min, u got a bench?
if none, then its a bit hard.
oh... u only got dumbell rite?
then u got to do dumbell press different angles...
shape ur chest the way u want it...
not too sure bout it, but someone said something like different angle target different parts of the chest.

totaly wrong... everybdy got diffrn kind of metoblzma and body shape from genetic... u gotta work out diffrn style to see the result...u cant copy what people do...if i do 2 set bicep work out...is not mean same thing u can do...train yaslf...and see wich is workin out well...don copy simply...

yea.. no bench,,, is it? diff angles for diff parts i know.. waht what r d angles?
heh? like that 1 meh? i thought everybody's body part is d same.. just diff size

peeps, i have been doin 20 rep squats for a month now.
but i feel that i am not feeling much from the squat like soreness or "that feeling u get on the next day afta u workout " .
i am almost approaching carying my bw squat but i dont wanna get into that too fast coz i am still am begineer in squats.
izit becoz of my weight or my form?

well, do different angle of bench presses.
eh wait a min, u got a bench?
if none, then its a bit hard.
oh... u only got dumbell rite?
then u got to do dumbell press different angles...
shape ur chest the way u want it...
not too sure bout it, but someone said something like different angle target different parts of the chest.

peeps, i have been doin 20 rep squats for a month now.
but i feel that i am not feeling much from the squat like soreness or "that feeling u get on the next day afta u workout " .
i am almost approaching carying my bw squat but i dont wanna get into that too fast coz i am still am begineer in squats.
izit becoz of my weight or my form?

peeps, i have been doin 20 rep squats for a month now.
but i feel that i am not feeling much from the squat like soreness or "that feeling u get on the next day afta u workout " .
i am almost approaching carying my bw squat but i dont wanna get into that too fast coz i am still am begineer in squats.
izit becoz of my weight or my form?

yap, 20 reps is not for novice, but i only have half year exp of lifting weight, i think i am under novice category as well, but i think it is allright as long as you know the proper form of squat
ya, exactly the same thing happened to me also. when 1st started, there is a slight soreness, but after awhile, the soreness has been decrease alot for following squat, but it cames again after i reach a quite heavy squat. i miss the soreness given when my 1st dumbbell squat... there is only 10kg dumbbell each side
haha, sore for 1 whole week. now i think my body already get used to the workload
now, all and i want to learn is clean, snatch bla bla movement, they looks interesting. have to do alot of study for that. try and error, try and error.

I can help you there. Really.

good good!! 

Power Clean! XD  is to replace with row

or hang clean 1st?
http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewa...xercises&id=127

omg, this lifter is HOT!