Questions/Comments as nearing end of first FT blast

[Scott Stevenson]

Well it made sense in my own mind since i knew what i was saying... Ha ha!!! It's just certain joints. Right knee just at top of knee cap. Left elbow was aching and it turned out to be from tender forearm muscles right at elbow joint. Neck tightened up which never helps you feel good. Let the chiropractor help me today with that stuff.

Diet has changed. I was transitioning carbs down to follow your suggested diet. This week at start of cruise I did make that final transition to be very low carb and only have carbs during and post workout.

For the muscle round I mean the opposite of what you said. So using your example if I can 15 rep 500 lb then I end up using heavier weight. Say a weight that would be an approximate 8 rep max.

HOWEVER I obviously misunderstood because I am generally failing on 3rd set and thought that was ok. So I need to start shooting for failing on 4th or 5th set then.

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Could be that you pushed the Blast a bit too far...

So, in generally, aches' n' pains will be greater when dieting down, I think most folks will agree. I'd make sure with this low carb approach to include a serving of salmon (or other high omega-3 fat source) (assuming you've got plenty of saturated fats in there).

Roger the weight.

If you have a 15RM and get into the 6th set of an MR, this si 22 reps before a failure point (7 reps more).

If you have a 8RM, and get 3 reps into the 3rd failure point, this is just 11 reps (3 reps more).

(The 15RM is noted b/c it's generally true and also will tend to guide most folks towards a failure point later in the MR, which is smart for safety reasons when doing MRs for the first time.)

(Maybe go back to the book and re-read about the MRs again?... Could be something else in there, too... )

-S