FT Questions....

[Altamir]

Thanks for updating Altamir. Glad to see that these things made a difference for you! One question I have for you is, if you are only doing weighted chest stretch on a certain day(s), are you doing anything else on the other chest days (ie. occlusion stretch, flexibility stretch)? Or are you completely skipping stretching on those days?

I am wondering if standing in a doorway, for example, and stretching the chest that way after pump sets, rather than weighted extreme stretch, would work just as well for occlusion purposes yet not cause the same level of muscle fatigue? I haven't experimented with this yet, but will probably give it a try next blast.

Also an update on my chest training - I swapped iso exercises first and mass builder second, and I have been progressing, however, at a slow rate. On my pressing I have been gaining 1 or 2 reps each A/B/C exercise (1 on incline BB and flat BB, more on incline hammer machine which i can really grind out reps on). I guess this is decent progress, but painfully slow when compared to squatting or any leg movement for that matter that I can go up 5lbs/week pretty much every time.

I still did stretching on the other days, usually occlusion. Doing the exact stretch you are talking about (or actually Scott). I'd get into a power rack or smith machine, which would allow me to get a good stretch, better range of motion. There was significantly less fatigue from that as compared to the extreme stretch, but I could still feel a very nice, deep stretch through the fibers.

Glad to see you're still making some progress on you chest movements, even if its a slow rate. I am with you (and also agree with Scott above), that chest moves so much slower than legs. My progress last blast was nothing amazing, but it was progress, and I did not suffer from burnout at the end of my blast, where I actually regressed. This allowed me to keep the intensity high through my cruise and the start of my current blast. This felt much more like two steps forward, one step forward, instead of two steps forward, half a step back.

Best of luck to you. Let me know if you stumble across anything else with this. I will do the same.