10-24-2017, 07:54 AM
Dr. Scott,
Before starting FT I was doing a powerlifting regimen, and having great results training my CNS thereby gaining immense strength. I decided to start FT just to balance my body out and ease the burden on my CNS. Then after reading your book I realized that I love FT and the philosophy behind it. So I've been doing it and enjoying the results, but there are a couple snags that I have noticed here in the past 2-3 weeks:
My strength has not been progressing quite the way I'd like it to. From what I've gathered, just by listening to my body, this is mostly due to the absence of the thorough warm-ups I would do while powerlifting. Usually I would do 2-3 warm-up sets for compound lifts such as the bench, squat, and dead. I don't know if this is because my CNS needed a warm-up or, more likely, my joints needed to be eased in. I play rugby and not only has that been a bit rough on my joints (I go out of my way to take care of them, I promise), but when we are in the peak of the season it can also be very painful to just jump straight into a 405lb squat for 8 reps. So there are some leg load days where I am just not squatting or benching as much as I could due to pain in my joints.
So I guess what I am asking is if there might be a thorough warm-up routine that you might recommend without it being way too much volume? Also do you think the joint pain may be affecting my CNS and that might be the reason I need the warm-ups? Those are the only hypotheses that my less educated mind could come up with, and I'd love to hear your take on it.
Before starting FT I was doing a powerlifting regimen, and having great results training my CNS thereby gaining immense strength. I decided to start FT just to balance my body out and ease the burden on my CNS. Then after reading your book I realized that I love FT and the philosophy behind it. So I've been doing it and enjoying the results, but there are a couple snags that I have noticed here in the past 2-3 weeks:
My strength has not been progressing quite the way I'd like it to. From what I've gathered, just by listening to my body, this is mostly due to the absence of the thorough warm-ups I would do while powerlifting. Usually I would do 2-3 warm-up sets for compound lifts such as the bench, squat, and dead. I don't know if this is because my CNS needed a warm-up or, more likely, my joints needed to be eased in. I play rugby and not only has that been a bit rough on my joints (I go out of my way to take care of them, I promise), but when we are in the peak of the season it can also be very painful to just jump straight into a 405lb squat for 8 reps. So there are some leg load days where I am just not squatting or benching as much as I could due to pain in my joints.
So I guess what I am asking is if there might be a thorough warm-up routine that you might recommend without it being way too much volume? Also do you think the joint pain may be affecting my CNS and that might be the reason I need the warm-ups? Those are the only hypotheses that my less educated mind could come up with, and I'd love to hear your take on it.