FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

I'm in the middle of second blast. Im pretty intune with my body, but tend to second guess myself when trying something new. When I started Fortified I just stopped doing something similar to the 3way DC with more and 6 days a week......After I left the above post, I planed to start next blast fully at T2 and chart progress, if its the same, I'm doing more than needed.

OK, so it sounds like you're on your way then. (I don't know how much progress you've made, but you may not either?...)

There are ways to adjust the program within a tier in terms of exercise selection (extent of overlap on compound vs. "isolation" exercises) and how you do the Pump sets that can be used to adjust the overall stimulus. I like to see folks work with those things first - before just blending Tiers. I think there can be a lot more to learn from seeing what can be done within a system, vs. trying to adjust it.

Both ways can work, for sure, but I think you'll see what i mean.

As an example, for thighs on Day 3, you might do:

Leg press
Knee ext.
Prone ham curl.

Compare this with:
Leg press
Sommersault squat
DB stiff-legged DL

The latter set of exercises is a bit more challenging that the first and will hit glutes and hams more so than the first set. Compare those two rotations of MR one week after the other and you'll see what I mean.

Someone who needs more posterior chain work would go with a high foot, wide leg press of some sort, somersault or smith sissy hack, and then a SLDL variation, with the latter two counting as "isolation" exercises for the quads and hams, that also get some ham and glute involvement, respectively that is missing from the single joint selections. This would be a "bridge" between doing Tier I and Tier II for Thighs.

-S