06-29-2018, 12:37 AM
Hi Guys,
I'm starting my third week of FT and i'm curious as to what you've found to your go to exercises for MR's and ones you've found simply don't work, whether that be due to other body parts giving out first or if you simply can't prolong a mind muscle connection with reps of four.
The reasons I ask is that i've found I get a great pump/mm connection with certain exercises, such as flat Dbell chest pres/flyes. PJR pull overs and machine preacher curls etc. However, I really don't feel the same when it comes to training back.
This is especially true with thickness exercises and was wondering if anyone has the same issue? Or if they had any back thickness exercises they felt really worked with MRs.
I believe my issue comes with not being able to get into the power grove when only doing reps of four. I'm normally getting into my grove by the 3rd of 4th rep of a normal straight set and feeling the weight and where to pull for a good contraction and then stretch at the bottom but obviously with MR's i'm stopping at this point and not getting into the movement.
I'm thinking it might be best for me to change the back T's to straight sets in the 6-12 range.
I'm starting my third week of FT and i'm curious as to what you've found to your go to exercises for MR's and ones you've found simply don't work, whether that be due to other body parts giving out first or if you simply can't prolong a mind muscle connection with reps of four.
The reasons I ask is that i've found I get a great pump/mm connection with certain exercises, such as flat Dbell chest pres/flyes. PJR pull overs and machine preacher curls etc. However, I really don't feel the same when it comes to training back.
This is especially true with thickness exercises and was wondering if anyone has the same issue? Or if they had any back thickness exercises they felt really worked with MRs.
I believe my issue comes with not being able to get into the power grove when only doing reps of four. I'm normally getting into my grove by the 3rd of 4th rep of a normal straight set and feeling the weight and where to pull for a good contraction and then stretch at the bottom but obviously with MR's i'm stopping at this point and not getting into the movement.
I'm thinking it might be best for me to change the back T's to straight sets in the 6-12 range.
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