03-30-2016, 11:41 PM
(03-30-2016, 01:16 AM)Scott Stevenson Wrote: Hey Bud!
A couple things could be done here;
1.) After finishing training for a muscle group, move right to the warm-up for your next muscle group, do the 1st warm-up set and THEN the stretch for what you just trained. (Don't worry about missing out on any metabolic stress with the stretch here. ) This will have you stretching when you'd be resting between warm-ups.
2.) Focus on bilateral stretches vs. doing one limb / side at a time.
3.) Pick your exercises such that you spend less time loading / unloading if at all possible. This is what slows me down the most, esp. on loading set days. It can help a good bit with MR's E.g., do a unilateral leg press MR instead of bilateral. This might mean using 4plates side instead of 8-10.
[I'm guessing from the thread title that it's the stretches that you think slow you slow the most?...]
The Family Man Plan (3x/ week) was made specifically for this kind of situation.
-S
hey scott,
great advice thanks alot, where me and my training partner are both ex powerlifters we like the heavy basics but obviously these take more plates. my gym also isnt the best with machine placement for example the squat rack and isolation leg machines are at the other side of the gym! but in the spirit of FT you adapt and grow so now we lunge more and my legs are blowing!!
in all honesty after i made the post yesterday i trained and me and my partner got through the workout so quick i had to check to see we hadn't missed anything but i guess this is week 6 so we know where we are with loadages and rest times. how long do your sessions last?