What I know
How many people actually use steroids I wonder? The healthy look is not ripped but bigger and solid I see. Ripped is close to anorexia with drug use for/by some thrown in for good measure. There indeed are those that are blessed with an over abundance of testosterone. Plus the books and guides have alot of it wrong. The more I read the less I know. The more I experience the greater is my wisdom. I have found if I rest a muscle group for 10 days I can easily return and out perform the last set I did with the same group. So my muscle recovery is longer and the strength gains come regularly. I have closed in on one plateau and the that did not last long because even different muscle groups require tuning. I can leg press 700 lbs all day if my knees would allow it for example. If I trained my guns every week to 10 days I would lose strength instead of training 2 times a week like I did to break the plateau. Now the gains still come but in smaller increments. A 5 pound plate instead of a 10! I get sore after every weight session. I Have found too the last 2 reps might be the hardest but when you have that "Out of body experience" on those last 2 those are the ones that really stimulate growth. My brain tells my body, "I have to lift it next time," and I do. At minimum I have disciplined myself to beat each set by at least 2 reps. My goal is to go up a minimum of 5 lbs per exercise every session. I always make the small goal. I have also learned that since the muscles are stronger than the attachments the 5×5 program works great without the repetitive teardown of more multiple reps. But this is what I have experienced.
