A quick note on warm-up sets

1. High-hang clean: 80% x 2 x 3
2. Rack jerk: 80% x 2 x 3
3. Front squat: 80% x 3 x 3

I mentioned this on Tuesday, but I want to reiterate the points I made on the prescribed warm-up sets. These lighter sets are just as important, if not more important than the heavy sets. Some of you have heard me say that we want to think off the platform, and just lift on the platform. When you get to those heavy sets, lifting should just be automatic and all you have to think about is giving it everything you've got. This requires technical proficiency, and drilling the proper movement patterns into your habits, and this means making your lighter sets as perfect as you can. These lighter sets are where we can really focus on and hone in on the technique. It's important to take these seriously. If you make your lighter sets sloppy and just treat them as a warm-up to get to your "real" sets, your heavy sets will be just as sloppy and you'll be missing lifts you should be making. So make those lighter sets count!

Additionally, these lighter sets are part of the training volume that will make this program effective. If you just jump to the 3 sets at 80% or whatever is listed last, you are missing a good deal of the volume. Those sets at percentages just below the target sets are important too, and it's important to get them in. Also, these sets are meant to bring you up to the target sets gradually so that your body is primed and ready to ATTACK HEAVY WEIGHTS FEARLESSLY when you get there!