FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

hello Scott..what would a good strategy for me to add more gym days( instead of cardio...) in my week while i train FT?
FT is 4 days a week and i make grea progress with this but i want to be at the gym more days..just to do something productive for my body and body composition whithout interfering with my main training ( FT) or my recovery?

You could split Loading and Pump Sets into separate workouts, but those wouldn't be too long if you're doing Tier I.

I'm pretty big on goals, so let's dig into what you're wanting here.

If your progress is great and you just want to go to the the gym, then I'd just go to the gym and maybe walk on the treadmill - just to have something to do. You could do some light stretching and pretty much basically be there.

The question here is WHY do you want to be in the gym?
-To Train
-To do something other than be at home or elsewhere
-Because the gym, training is your favorite place to be / thing to do
-This sort of thing.

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When you say "productive for your body and body composition," what do you mean by this?

Productive for you body might mean helping in recovery - maybe a weekly massage would help out. Is there a massage therapist at your gym?...

Helping with body composition could be cardio if you work a low activity job and find that Tier I is your best bet.

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So, coming up with a reason to go to the gym without having some (more) specific purpose in mind is a tough one for me. (I do know people who go to the gym just to be there, but typically they don't train that hard even when they do train. Just hanging out at the gym can sometimes make it tougher to get into a training zone when it's actual go time - just ask personal trainers who work all day at the same gym.)

-S