Quote Originally Posted by charger69 View Post
Interesting... I am assuming that this is a come back after 3 months of none or limited working out:

I do t think my ligaments, joints or tendons would be able to start out heavy at 6-8 reps of working sets.
I am an old man, but I actually start the reverse with a pseudo phase 2 to get back into it. Once I feel that the joints and tendons are ready, then I go into phase 1. I fear that I would injure myself ( and get mentally frustrated) without that 2-3 week high reps low weight.
keep in mind on the heavy set , there is only ONE heavy working set. not multiples ... so its just to get your body back and acclimated to feeling that heavy weight under the bar.

its just a theory , but feeling that heavy weight on occasion can actually "wake up" the nervous system and strengthen the tendons etc..
again, just a theory . I have no evidence of that.

most tendon and joint pain actually comes from 'repetitive use syndrome' .. doing the same motion over and over again.
so doing ONE heavy working set shouldn't be too hard on the tendons and it will "wake up'' your nervous system. imo