FT Questions....

[Kabhattacharya]

Guys,

Hope everyone is doing well. I need some help....

I've just come off a very restful 5 days away from the gym eager to start my third blast - while adjusting the program to account for my knee troubles (more about that on my thread). The third blast started amazing - my upper loading and lower pump workout this past Sunday couldn't have gone better! Even with slight form modifications to make movements stricter weights were up reps were strong and overall it was one of those workouts that makes you eager to wake up again at 5 am and hit the iron.

So today was my mid week MR workout (I follow a tier II family man plan - I think that's what the e-book refers to it as). And the MRs could not have been worse - this is a trend I've been noticing - even towards the end of my second blast my MR workouts were the first ones to go pits.

So during my time off I gave it a deep thought and figured my movements during MRs had become very poor in terms of form and there was too much momentum - so why not cut the weight back - really focus on tightening the form and rebuilding my strength levels anew. Not a bad idea right?

Horrible - I spent an hour in the gym and just managed to get through 3 MRs today before I called it quits. The movements just didn't feel right - there was this perpetual fatigue hanging over me and normally during the first two or three cluster sets instead of feeling light but challenging it just felt like I was grinding out reps (note - this was with a lower load than my last blast). My joints were sore, I was perpetually out of breath - just went to hell.

I'm at a loss now - I don't know what to do. MRs are a crucial part of the program I can't ditch them and neither can I go in three times a week and do loading sets only - I'd be heading for snap city if I did that. So I'm not sure what to do. Lately getting through 6 cluster sets just seems near impossible so I've been conceptualizing alternatives to hit the 24 rep mark (note I am aware this is not strictly FT). Doing them DC style rest pause stopping a rep or two shy of failure on the first and second RP set. Doing only 4 clusters with a working weight and stripping that back for the 5th and 6th cluster sets. I'm not trying to get other members to approve my suggestions before I head back to the gym - I'm just brainstorming here because I want to push through this blast and get the results I've been getting from my last 2 blasts - but given the conundrum of late I'm trying to find work arounds.

Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Joshua