FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

Hey Scott,

Perhaps you can add this to your archive of FT recovery abilities.

I've been training the basic tier 1 style for the past 10 months or so.

I started from doing tier 1 basic: M,T,TH,Fri
Burned out fast

Then I did tier 1 basic: M,W,Fri,Sat
Hung a bit, but would still flatten out and look worn in 3 weeks

Then I finally figured out training EOD using this method is the best way for me.

Had great success, this is how I had VERY good workouts, felt better, fuller, and crushed the logbook, would last 5 1/2 weeks or so. Went from doing MR dips with +50lbs to +110 lbs (where I am right now), a lot of exercises I progressed in exponentially.

Today I'm sitting, taking my 2nd day off in a row to recover a bit because back to back workouts with heavy lower back work kind of shot my CNS a little. Should be g2g tomorrow.

FT is SUCH a learning curve, especially when it comes to understanding your own body.

Gained more from the $20 I spent with you than I have ever trying to figure out the "secret" of this endeavor.

Thank you!

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Thanks for ALL of that, my man!

Yes, you're not the first to find he / she need to go EOD. If you listen to podcasts (including mine) you might have heard of Shelby Starnes or Casey Reed (goes by LATS on professional muscle), both of whom very often / prefer to train EOD.

I think i address the notion of taking a day off as needed in the FAQ in the book, in the context of extending the Blast. Sounds like you did that and found your own sweet spot in terms of recovery.

So, this is great feedback and you do sit at one end of the recovery spectrum. Also, though, given that you have paid close attention to recovery and auto regulation, i think that you're at one of the spectrum there, too. So very often I get asked how guys can training 6 days of week doing FT because they want to stay in the gym as much as possible. In those cases where I've interacted enough or worked closely with those guys, I've found that they are very compulsive about training, often with very high volume, knowingly doing more than is optimal from a bodybuilding and physiological recovery standpoint, but not being able to hold themselves back psychologically from doing so.

Kudos to you in figuring out the secret that there is no secret.

-S