instead john likes to start his workouts with a joint-friendly exercise that feels really good on your connective tissue. as a general rule of thumb john doesn’t like to use any high-intensity training techniques during the pre-pump / activation phase. in phase 2 you are going to perform a big compound exercise to really overload the muscle and recruit a lot of muscle fibers. john meadows loves to finish off his workouts with an exercise that places the muscle in …