FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

Thanks Scott, a lot of great info here. The cuff width was something I was not aware of, but thinking about it makes a LOT of sense. With most of the research showing that going "hardcore" with it really doesn't do anything but make it more painful (or dangerous).

One thing I stumbled onto though while reading. So much of BFR training is <50% 1-RM. A MR is obviously going to be higher than 50% (though technically it could be, if you just wanted to take the last past 4 to failure). From my personal understanding of the reading, BFR training has been done up to 80%. But the research shows that basically you got nothing additional for going heavier (well some research showed a greater increase in strength), and that it may not work as well, since venous outflow is enhanced, which basically limits how effective BFR is.

So really, it seems to make the most sense to either use it exclusively on pump sets, or on MRs where you are using a very light load (which maybe does not make sense at all). I'm not exactly 100% convinced it has merit in a MR. As always you have me thinking Scott. Let me know if my thinking is flawed here. (or if you'd rather not comment, that's fine too)

I'm going to leave this one be right now but will have more to say in the future.

-S