FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

ARS,

I think you might be mixing up the Tiers.

With Tier I, Chest, you're just doing a single all out set to failure of compound exercise

Tier II Chest - 2 sets, meaning an isolation and a Compound. Given that you're only doing 1 compound, this can be the one taken to failure, and the isolation can also be taken to failure. This would be zig zagged, too, but really only one zig (and not the zag... LOL That's a joke. don't take that too seriously.)

Tier III: 4 sets, so you'd zig zag, but not take the 1st set of the compound to failure. (The isolation sets can be taken to failure), so it would as you have here:

Set 1 = compound exercise for 6-12 reps (shy of failure)
Set 2 = isolation exercise for 6-12 reps (to failure)
Set 3 = compound exercise (same as set 1 with less weight, if needed) for 6-12 reps (FAILURE)
Set 4 = isolation exercise for 6-12 reps (to failure) - slightly less weight than set 2

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So, you can see that Tier I is pretty low volume in terms of the actual work sets, but you're still going for it. I've had a high (national level) competitor who trains his ass off (he was a professional athlete in another sport) who could only do Tier I b/c he went so hard that he couldn't do more volume.

-S