Radok

Definitely don't blow money asking a doc how to increase your bench press, they don't know that. A good way I've found to do it, is bench twice a week. First day, do heavy flat bench, 3x3 or 5x5, followed by speed bench 8x3, 50% of max. Then on the other bench day of the week, pick a couple assistance exercises and go 3x8 for hypertrophy. I'd go with close grip bench and overhead press, to build the triceps and delt strength.

Most actual weight I've lifted would be a 450 half squat, if you don't count that, than a 415 deadlift. If you count leg press, than 750 for 8 reps, but that was before I started squatting. Leg press is just a cheap trick really, since most of the weight is supported by the machine.

It seems to me that you are talking isolation vs compound movements. Isolation is one muscle at a time, compound is more than one. There really is no use for isolation exercises, I do all compounds. They build more strength and mass.

Yes, I have nearly reached a 1000 pound powerlifting total. I am usually in the powerlifting section of bodybuilding.com, it's a good forum.

Yes, to become the best fighter you can be, you need as much strength as you can get, and you don't get as much from bodyweight wxercises. Focus on bench, squat, deadlift, clean and jerk, and snatch. Do some weighted situps for the core if you want. A few good assistance exercises are stiff leg deadlifts, good mornings, bent over rows, overhead press, power cleans, push press, and overhead squat. That should be enough to keep you busy. Shoot for 3x3 or 5x5 for your exercises. Use the biggest poundage you can handle for your reps. Just focus on the big three and the olympic lifts for a solid year and you will be MUCH stronger than you are now. For example, I have been powerlifting for about 9 consistant months, and it looks like at the 1 year mark, I will have added an average 100 pounds per lift for the big three.

your muscle doesn't get tighter. I haven't lost any flexibility, and it does not effect bone growth, other than making the bone density/strength go up. It is a myth with no scientific evidence to back it up.

Lifting heavy is not bad for you in any way if you are under 18. Lifting light does nothing. I've been doing it for a few years, and it has done me nothing but good. I'm 17 right now.

If you want to build strength and mass, you need to go heavy. I can tell you a list of good ruotines for adding both. Quattro Dynamo, anti bodybuilding Hypertrophy, and the waterbury method are all methods used by chad waterbury. Westside for Skinny B*astards, Westside, and Russian peaking routines will help put on a lot of strength. Here is the routine I am doing now. http://www.joeskopec.com/ruspeak.html By bench is 265, ATG squat of 250(yeah, I know), and a deadlift of 355.

You should be doing heavy lifting. Don't worry about getting huge and bulky, it does not happen on accident. To get huge you must know alot about bodybuilding, eat massive amounts of food, avoid too much cardio, and have many specific routines. If you do find that you are getting too big, you can just cut back on lifting. If I were you, I would follow a powerlifting routine for increasing your bench, squat, and deadlift. I can provide some if you want.

Read there song White Flesh. It is about killing a girl. In one of their songs, they talk about being in a school yard, preparing themselves to kill. The kids that did the Columbine shooting said that Rammtein was their favorite music. If you watch the Columbine footage, you see them sitting in the school yard loading their guns before going in and killing their classmates. Like I say, that is not music you want to listen to.

No, bodybuilders do not develope their endurance muscle, aka slow twitch. They develope their strength muscle, aka fast twitch. They develope their glycolytic fast twitch, or type 2B muscle, because they are the biggest. So they have a ton of fast twitch muscle, almost no slow twitch. Slow twitch muscle has never shown the ability to gain much mass as a response to training. As far as bodybuilding not helping MA, do you think you could take on Ronnie Coleman if he learned boxing or Muay Thai for a mere 6 months? I think not. He gets up and over 300 pounds of muscle, he would be all but indestructible by strikes.

I wouldn't listen to them. Try looking up their lyrics.

If every Karate school was run like that, Karate would suffer less defeats at the hands of boxing and kickboxing. However, Karate attracts a group of people that wants belts. Kickboxing and boxing attract the group that want to bash some heads.

Hardgainers can gain strength easier than they gain mass. I would focus on increasing your powerlifting total, because once you get strong enough, it becomes easier to gain mass.

I am not sure, I haven't looked at it that closely yet.