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GZCLP questions (midwest.social)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by klisurovi4@midwest.social to c/fitness@lemmy.world

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So I'm pretty new to the gym and on my second week of GZCLP. I'm curious what the reasoning is for no AMRAP set in the tier 2 exercises. I was under the impression muscles grow more when pushed close to failure, so why wouldn't you want to do that in the low weight/high rep sets?

Also on a slightly related note: can I do the tiers out of order? If for example the squat rack is taken, can I do my tier 2 bench press first and my tier 1 squats afterwards or is that not recommended for some reason?

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[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tier 2 sets are there to build volume and practice for those lifts - more reps at a lighter weight. I think you can definitely make your last Tier 2 set AMRAP as long as you can still finish the accessories. The order of exercises doesn’t really matter, personally I would try to do the Tier 1 sets first so you can get your maximum effort on those heavy sets, but the main thing is to complete all the sets