FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

Scott,

Not doing FT now but seriously looking into it in the future. Currently I am having great success with the practice of over warming up. So let's say for squat I'm looking to get maybe 12 reps of 365. I'll warm up to 405 for a single and then after a short rest, drop back down to 365 and bang out the reps. Every single time the weight feels light and fresh and I almost always get more reps in this way than traditional pyramid warm up structure.

I hate to be "that guy" and start bastardizing your program and adding things to it that you did not write, but could this warm up structure be adding to loading sets for the more complex barbell movements? (Squat, bench, etc, I also do them for chins, but not rows or deads). Thanks for your time, knowledge, and the great book.

Altamir,

Oh Jeez - THAT Guy... LOL

This is making use of Post-activation potentiation.

I actually wrote a piece on that for EliteFTS™, but I don't think it made it up to the site. I'll ask if they want to use it. Otherwise, I'll put up some snibbets here, if possible.

Using PAP isn't really a break from FT, IMO. You can warm-up however you like and if you're keyed in enough to make use of that phenomenon, I'm all for it.


(I've got all sorts of things twists that can be added to the program, but they would simply create confusion on a 1st draft of the book or not be something that folks could implement just in reading a book or some online posts. I'm all for optimizing your training in any way shape or form. For some who can see the structure and have the experience, using a PAP based warm-up with FT isn't a stretch at all and just what I would want that person, e.g., you, to do, to optimize the training stimulus.

Someone else could get lost in overanalyzing details and how to try to use PAP on the 3 MR of a back exercise, etc. For that person, KISS is perhaps a better approach to start off with.

-S