FT Questions....

[EverTrue]

Hey Bud!

First thought is that I'd not plan on going 12 weeks with a Blast, as folks typically don't make it past 6 weeks. Heck, I'd imagine that you'd make better progress doing 3 sets of 3 weeks Blasts (1 week Intensive Cruise) than trying to go a full 12 weeks.

Well, with FT, the goal is to have continuous reps during all sets (including each of those clustered within a muscle round), so in keeping with that, I'd not do Pause squats.

You'll be able to do slo ECC / CON tempo repps during pump sets, which ill give you the kind of muscular stress (but perhaps not fit with what you're trying to evoke in terms of squat form in a fatigued condition).

For the sake of specificity, I'd probably go with a chained or banded squat or perhaps a box squat (with a consistent tempo) over a smith or front squat. (Front squat could be a good one to have in your rotation, though.

Another variation might be to use a Safety squat bar or a topsquat to squat.

Also, you could at some point use a high bar / Oly style squat if this varies significantly from how you squat.

So, for a third Loading Set Thigh exercise, I'd consider:
Squat with Chains
Squat with Bands
SSB or Tope Squat Squat
Oly style squat.


And perhaps down the road:
Front squat
Hip Belt squat
Even Zercher squat
Smith squat

-S

Ok thank you so much! Will probably go with low bar with flat shoes and high bar with Olympic shoes!
And I definitely didn't mean a 12 week block haha. I respond well to high volume and a quick deaload so I'm basically doing 3.5 weeks blast 1.5 weeks cruise for the entirety, and starting lower on tiers, but working on pushing up, and going with a progressive overload approach on the volume with starting low and overreaching closer to the planned cruise. Or if I feel good I cAn extend like the book says