FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

You ever experiment with higher rep MRs Scott?

I've been taking my 6th set of MR for close stance leg press into the 6-10 rep range instead of 4 and then upping the weight; legs have been responding better but man is it a form of medieval torture.

I wonder if you've ever done (and knowing your masochistic mind, I'm betting you have) done MRs with 5 or 6 reps each per set for legs?

Yes I did play around with that a little bit, and of course that can be done, no doubt. Obviously I thought out as things a decent amount in how I set up the set types in FT, but this is not to say that there has been any direct scientific evidence comparing, let say, the effects of a 3 vs. a 5 vs. a 7 rep / set MR.

There are cluster sets like DC's rest pause sets and Borge Fagerli's myo reps that have different configurations that are effective (although I've not really played around with them myo-reps).

There has been a time or two (when traveling and trying to squeeze in a workout of example) that i was using the whole stack on a machine and could tell right off that I'd be getting through to the 6th set and doing quite a few reps there where I decided to go with sets of 5 or 6 for each set.

Someone who is recovering from an injury might use a lighter load and go with a 6 reps / set configuration, too, working up to doing the standard FT MR and then heavy loading (straight) sets as rehab progresses.

-S