If you are able to stand after completing a set of deadlifts, you did not complete the set!

Fitness Supplements

Fitness supplements, protein, etc - I currently use Apollo Fitness & Nutrition. They have competitive prices and a great deal on shipping -- standard shipping is UPS 3-day air at $4.95, and if your order totals more than $100 the shipping is free!
     Apollo Fitness & Nutrition - http://www.musclemaster.com

Heavy Duty Gainers - For all of your hormonal precursors, fat-burners, and other cutting edge muscle building technologies, check out Mass Quantities. They sell everything in bulk at great prices. They have extremely high quality products and often offer many of them on a buy-2-get-one-free basis.
     Mass Quantities - http://www.massquantities.com

Hardcore - If the cutting edge stuff at Mass Quantities doesn't do it for you, look to the premier hardcore site, Elite Fitness.
     Elite Fitness - http://www.elitefitness.com


My personal routine

I had been a high-volume style lifter for many years. However, recently I found what I believe to be a much better way to lift -- High Intensity Training (HIT). The best source of information on this style of training that I have encountered is at CyberPump. If you are interested in gaining muscle and losing fat in a sane and safe way I highly suggest that you stop by and check out at least the "HIT FAQ". Especially do so if you consider yourself a "hardgainer".

My training schedule is now much simplified: I lift twice a week concentrating on multi-joint exercises. On day 1 I concentrate on the deadlift with secondary emphasis on my back and biceps. On day 2 I concentrate on the squat with secondary emphasis on chest and triceps. br>


Nutrition

Nutrition is the key to bodybuilding -- whether you are striving to gain lean muscle mass or strip fat. To determine a training diet you need accurate data of the nutritional content of the foods you eat. Some of this can be found on packing, but I've never seen a banana with a nutritional content label! :-) The U.S. Government has kindly provided an online database of such information that can be accessed freely. You can find it at www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl.