In this thread: massive amounts of other-optimization.
WTF? That was the point.
Dear OP: As with every other health-related, low-evidence area: experiment, record results, update on data.
This isn't a low evidence area. There is an enormous amount of evidence relative to things-we-have-evidence-about. I do recommend recording results and updating on data (of course). There are some for whom general purpose routines will not work as well but they are the place to start. Doing what works for most other individuals of your species is hardly a bad heuristic!
This isn't a low evidence area.
Perhaps I should have said it's a low signal-to-noise area. Look at this thread! How is anyone supposed to cope with this mountain of imperatives wrapped in anecdotal evidence and fitness guru personality cults?
Doing what works for most other individuals of your species is hardly a bad heuristic!
It's the "most other individuals of your species" part that I contest. Any valid results tend to be buried under mountains of misinformation.
I'm looking for resources on effective weight training for the purpose of physique building. It's an area with a particularly poor signal to noise ratio so I would value pointers from other rationalists. The kinds of questions I would like to answer are:
Edit: I'm vegetarian, and I now realise this is rather important to answers to point three. So far the only supplement I've been taking is soy protein.