Newb questions

[Stewilliams]

So, Tier I for thighs you'd doing 1 set each of Quad (e.g. knee ext), Hams (e.g., ham curl) and Thighs (e.g., squats) in the order you choose.

Your "true 10RM" for squats is when you're fresh (without any preceding work sets), so if you do Squats first of those three sets, you're just doing 1 set at the load that is your 10RM (or something between 6-12RM roughly), followed by your sets for quads and hams thereafter (with 2:00 rest as described in the book).

If you decide to prefatigue, so to speak, by doing the quad and ham isolation exercises FIRST, then the load for squats (or whatever compound thigh movement you're doing) will be less.

(And yes, 3 weeks later, you'd come back around to doing just 1 set of squats, unless of course you've changed volume tiers).

So the load, whether a true "fresh" 10RM or one following preceding sets will be exercise order dependent.

NOTE: If your'e doing more than one compound exercise, only the LAST one is taken to failure (e.g., Tier II and III). Isolation exercises can be taken to failure.

-Scott

With regards to failure do you mean finishing the set on the safety pins or merely going until you know you haven't got another rep left without breaking form?