02-20-2015, 05:07 AM
Hey Scott,
Many thanks for your reply and upgrading me, really appreciated :-) I've been trawling the different threads on here to help me get started. As far as zig-zigging for the loading sets goes, I was thinking:
Chest- a press variation then into a fly variation
Back - row/deadlift variation into a pull down variation
Celts- press variation into any raise variation
I'm currently in a fat loss phase, would this style of training benefit me towards my goal (get sub 10%bf, currently sitting at 18%) or should this be used purely for gaining size? I'm won't change my diet for time being but it is very similar to the protocols that you teach in FT. Obviously if things need to be changed to suit this style of training then I will change it.
Thanks again for you're input :-)
quote='Scott Stevenson' pid='4783' dateline='1424273279']
Hey Simon!
Welcome. (I've upgraded you to full subscription, BTW.)
You should be able to dig around to see how some folks are choosing exercises. If you go to the very end of the book, there is a hyper index, where you'll have clickable links to the sections about how to do the Loading Sets, MR's, etc. There's a little passage about how to choose exercises for each Set Type that ought to set you on the right path.
As far as the isolation exercises for zig zagging, some of that will depend upon your gym, e.g., how busy it is, machine location, the machines themselves, etc. and whether you're training with a partner (who could hold down a machine, e.g., a ham curl for you).
I like to to do things for isolation exercises like us DB's that you can bring over to a pressing station or do chins in the same rack you're using for BO rows or a dead lift variation. DB ham curls can almost always be done (you just need one DB and some floor space to do them on the floor), for instance.
The thing that gets passed over with Loading sets sometimes is that you can use the isolation exercise to pre-fatigue, so you might do ham curls first to focus on them during a leg press, for instance.
(There's a large FT Questions thread you should be able to see now that answers a lot of these sorts of inquiries.)
-S
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Many thanks for your reply and upgrading me, really appreciated :-) I've been trawling the different threads on here to help me get started. As far as zig-zigging for the loading sets goes, I was thinking:
Chest- a press variation then into a fly variation
Back - row/deadlift variation into a pull down variation
Celts- press variation into any raise variation
I'm currently in a fat loss phase, would this style of training benefit me towards my goal (get sub 10%bf, currently sitting at 18%) or should this be used purely for gaining size? I'm won't change my diet for time being but it is very similar to the protocols that you teach in FT. Obviously if things need to be changed to suit this style of training then I will change it.
Thanks again for you're input :-)
quote='Scott Stevenson' pid='4783' dateline='1424273279']
Hey Simon!
Welcome. (I've upgraded you to full subscription, BTW.)
You should be able to dig around to see how some folks are choosing exercises. If you go to the very end of the book, there is a hyper index, where you'll have clickable links to the sections about how to do the Loading Sets, MR's, etc. There's a little passage about how to choose exercises for each Set Type that ought to set you on the right path.
As far as the isolation exercises for zig zagging, some of that will depend upon your gym, e.g., how busy it is, machine location, the machines themselves, etc. and whether you're training with a partner (who could hold down a machine, e.g., a ham curl for you).
I like to to do things for isolation exercises like us DB's that you can bring over to a pressing station or do chins in the same rack you're using for BO rows or a dead lift variation. DB ham curls can almost always be done (you just need one DB and some floor space to do them on the floor), for instance.
The thing that gets passed over with Loading sets sometimes is that you can use the isolation exercise to pre-fatigue, so you might do ham curls first to focus on them during a leg press, for instance.
(There's a large FT Questions thread you should be able to see now that answers a lot of these sorts of inquiries.)
-S
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