I think Im doing FT Training Wrong.

[Scott Stevenson]

Junior V,

Perfect answer from Altamir (thanks, Bud!).

You'll stop and stretch (your choice) after you've zig-zagged through your Thigh lifts... before doing Adductors. And, you'd stretch adductors, too before training calves.

So:
Compound and isolations zig-zagged sets for Thighs.
---Stretch---
Adductors
---Stretch---
Calves

(You'd not zig-zag calf exercises in most cases. I just don't see a need here and it would be the most impractical zig-zagging, probably, as some gyms are so poorly equipped for calf training. )

TIP: Set up your exercise rotations so you can stay not he same machine for calves that you just used for Thighs, if at all possible, e.g., a leg press. So one day, you might finish with Thighs, stretch, then hit adductors. Keep the leg press loaded with a warm-up weight for calves so you can go right over to it.

I'd typically do this;

Thigh Loading Sets (using leg press, as the example)
<Strip LP down to 3-plates / side - warm up set weight and do an easy warm-up.>
Stretch quads and hams
<Add weight and do another warm-up for Calves>
Do adductor RP set and stretch immediately afterwards
Maybe one more calf warm-up set if needed and then start Loading sets.


-S