pain was sharp, but I am glad I stopped my set because I feel like the injury could have become worse. I will look at the SS rehab forums and see what they say, thanks

I posted this recently and a couple more times, hopefully it will help: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...ostcount=12938.

Sounds good. My guess (not to be taken as any real recommendation) is that if you got through the RDLs okay, it's likely your glute isn't that busto. But obv if things continue to hurt or get worse, you'll want to take appropriate action, .

My guess is he has knots in his glutes. Maybe its strained or pulled, but I dont think rolling it would hurt it.

Of course? In fact what else could you use?

An Ez-bar?

Hi, I've never done much weights and don't know much about it, but recently I picked up a weightbench pretty cheap and started using it, now I see results and I'm hooked.

I'm thinking about really taking it on after Christmas with proper diets and routines, just now I've been researching 'Hypertrophy' how to induce it and what it consists of. I know you have to up the tempo in routines and add more weight etc, but I couldn't find out on any of the sites how many days to train, there was something about 12 days recovery to let the muscles build, so I'm guessing you have to work out for a few consecutive days too.

Anyone that's doing a hypertrophy specific routine in here? if so could you give me some information on how many days to work out/recover, what sets/reps your doing, some general advice just to get started really, would be very helpful.

Im 26 btw, 5, 11" approx 160lbs

how much muscle do you have to start with? it sounds as if you would be better off starting with a novice program with complex barbell lifts to build some muscle first. check out the faqs for some recommendations for programs and nutrition.

@kwaverz: Even though your goals are primarily hypertrophy, you're going to want to focus on strength for a while. Being strong and proficient in the basic compound lifts will allow you to unlock much better potential and rate of progress if you want to change your programming to something more hypertrophy based in the future. Check out Starting Strength & the FAQs as Aidan said; this is most likely what you want to be doing. And don't get me wrong, with this you'll definitely get your hypertrophy too.

Is Assess & Correct still recommended, or are we on 22nd century training now?

On Monday I eat 3,000 calories. On Tuesday I eat 1,500 calories. All else being equal, am I going to burn significantly more calories on Monday? I know It's basically certain I will burn more on Monday since my body needs to spend calories digesting, but I'm wondering how significant a difference it is.

i'm a newb (so take it for what it's worth), but i'd be really surprised if the difference wouldn't be more or less negligible. maybe 50-100 calories more (if even) on monday, but you're body doesn't adapt in a day and i'd assume the "work" it needs to digest a little more food is really small.

No.

See http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat...-overview.html.

I would think the calories given on food would already subtract the expenditure to break it down.

I don't think so.

What is your guys experience with trying to press (overhead) with a pec strain?

i dunno, it's just the barbell from the bench i bought for home is way different to the barbell in the power rack in the gym and i thought there was more than one type

As someone else mentioned, even if your primary goal is hypertrophy, focus on building strength for at least a few months - that's what Arnold did.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...2649251&page=1

Also, you're small, eat lots of food, including lots of protein. The "best" way to do this is to eat eggs, fish, meat, poultry, dairy, etc. ...but if you're lazy, you can just add a couple of protein shakes to your regular diet.

nb: I know nothing about your regular diet, so this advice may be good or bad.

I'm noticing a clicking noise in my left knee when walking up the stairs to my condo. (Only hear it while ascending.) Doesn't hurt or anything, but it's kinda fingernails-on-a-chalkboard type annoying. I experienced this a few months ago, but it passed quickly.

Any common cause/fix for this? Is it something to be overly concerned about?

Roll your pecs before and between sets with a lacrosse ball against a wall. Also, TheEngineer has experience with OHPing after tearing his pec - his log is worth a look.

My right knee has been clicking for over 15 years. The clicking does not hurt at all and is not harmful.

As an aside - a surgery-happy orthopedic surgeon told me 15 years ago I would need surgery on that knee within 5 years. This ******* had talked me into an unnecessary, major shoulder surgery. My knee has never felt better in my life than it does right now. I did have pain in that knee off & on for a long time, but ART and SMR has taken care of that - all the pain was caused by muscle adhesions.

i've had three ART sessions on my forearms, upper arms, and shoulders. my forearms no longer feel like are made of soft wood. also, a nagging feeling of discomfort and pain when pronating my right wrist is quickly going away after almost 8 months. a pain in my left pinky that's at least 10 months old also seems to be disappearing though much slower.

i also seem to have way more power in my hands now, but i don't know how to test that. just when i shake hands with people, i feel like i can easily crush their hand. my upper back feels a lot more free and again powerful. i pretty much spontaneously was able to do 12 chin ups last week at kyleb's gym during some friendly competition. both of his younger baseball kids couldn't do 12 combined and i must have 30 pounds on them. since then i've had 2 more ART sessions and feel like i can do 15. probably going to attempt it tomorrow. kind of a bad sleep last night, under 4 hours. extremely low WIM today, so no lifting.

i really can't wait to start squats and PC's again. the thought of possibly no elbow pain while doing those is pretty exciting to me.

WHat is different about it? It's probably just slightly thinner and has standard rather than olympic size sleeves. But its a straight piece of knurled metal right?

You have convinced me both to sign on to your news letter and to buy whatever you are selling.

What does ART stand for please? It's not in the FAQ

Anal Rapin...oh in the context of this forum, Active Release Technique.

Active release technique, if my pony is not slow