For mass gaining purposes (buking)

I know its maintenance calories plus 500+
do you keep adding every 2 weeks or do you just bulk up with those calories.

ex.

2500 cals. + 500

do I add 300-400
every 2 weeks

I like using dumbells but when it comes to dumbell curls I hate doing dumbbell curls because I never feel a good contraction, as hard as I squeeze upon contraction I dont get the "tight feeling" in biceps. The way I do DB curls I lock them next to sides slightly let them go forward once im...

Is there any way I Know that I hit muscles hard???

I work out chest once a week on Mondays,
do you mean if I wait too long between sets??

And as a matter of fact chest feels sore
it usually takes 2 days for the soreness to kick
in.

So your saying that if I feel sore it isn't good?

Hello everyone, I usually do 12 sets for chest and I get pretty sore, For last workout I reduced it to 9 sets, just to see how muscle would react to fewer sets and I didnt get sore. Is soreness a good sign or bad??? and I rarely get sore from biceps? does that mean im not working the hard enough?

which is better creatine monohydrate or ethyl esther??

and what creatine product has shown the best results?? for whoever takes creatine

great info thanx

and is that for all exercises??

Ive been training since 07 but, only 1 1/2 year of serious training I go by this set guideline, the large body parts, legs, chest, back each need approx 12-14sets. The smaller body parts, biceps 6-8 sets, triceps 7-9 sets, calves 6-8 sets Shoulders, 3-4 sets on each part, front, side, rear. traps an...

Im an Ectomorph, and I was wondering what
set range per muscle group would benefit me the best

How do you work every set???
for example
if im doing Pyramid: 12,10,8,6
Or if im doing straight sets: 8,8,8
how should I work every set??

what do u mean by : you need to drop down from the peak and start over or you will quickly

which gives the best results for muscle/mass bulding?

Im going to start a "rep cycle"
week 1:12 reps
week 2: 10 reps
week 3: 8 reps
week 4 ; 6 reps

is this a good idea?

Im still quite skeptical about diet calories maintenance calories are around 2,400 plus the 500+ rounded to 3,000 calories I really dont know how people cycle calories or whatever u wanna call it but do I stay at 3000 calories throughout whole weight gain phase or do u need to keep adding calories e...

I was wondering how its possible to keep track of your progress. Say for example on a Chest day you do Incline BB press and you record your sets and reps the following week you replace that exercises for lets say a DB press from what ive read, you shouldnt train the exact same way as the recent week...