08-08-2015, 12:03 AM
(08-06-2015, 11:24 AM)Pumped340 Wrote: Nope, haven't used straps in a couple of years. Though I can't say I noticed any real difference when switching from using them fairly often to not using them at all.
To be honest, everything seems to have grown in proportion over the years with weak parts (calves, forearms, upper chest) remaining weak and strong points (back and traps) remaining strong points, even when I pretty much dropped all but basic work from the strong points and specialized the weak points. Would have to agree with Dante that it seems people just become larger versions of themselves with roughly similar proportions.
But of course I'm always open to suggestions from the creator of FT
I'm in the same flipping situation you are man. Weak points stay week, strong points stay strong. I've found better ways to train some of my weaker body parts. I've found the extreme stretching as helped add some more fullness to my weaker body parts. My legs are ALWAYS going to dominate my body. My forearms are ALWAYS going to suck. haha.
I agree with your spirit though and that, it does not make me want to stop trying to find bigger and better ways to train my weak points to see if I can at least bring them up a little!
As far as forearms, when I ran turbo I found that of all my muscle groups, my biceps responded the best to the increased frequency. So when I went back to basic I put a forearm pump set on my upper body muscle round days. Very minor tweak. I've not noticed any negatives from this and while I haven't seen my forearms just blow up over night, they are getting steadily stronger, which hopefully will lead to some gains along the way. Also it hits my biceps a little extra, which is another weak point for me.
My suggestion though, and I understand this maybe is not the most exciting answer, is to run at least 2 blasts without any modifications. Just as is, no additional stuff. Play with turbo if you like. Get a baseline for how the program treats you. And then start to play around. If you're paying close attention to yourself and your log book you should be able to tell in a few weeks if the changes you have made are positive or negative.
Hope this helps!