 Our next caller is Blake from BC. Hey, Blake, how can we help you? Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. I just had a question about priming. And more specifically, I guess, priming during a heavy phase. I'm in a heavy phase right now, and the rest are a little bit longer, two to three minutes. And I was just wondering about priming in between sets. I love this. Yeah, first off, priming before your workouts, we're going to get the most benefit. But there's definitely benefit for priming in between sets, especially if it's something that you are challenged with. So let's say it's squats. You do your normal priming before your squats. Then you do your first light set. And then in between that set and the next set, you do some more priming and then do another set. When I do this, my mobility just gets better faster in the workout, especially with those challenging exercises. Yeah, I think if you use it as a corrective method, I think that if there's something that isn't responding the way you want in your workouts, I think it's a great way to utilize priming in between sets if you have a long rest period to get that muscle to sort of be more active and involved in these gross motor movements. But yeah, like Sal, honestly, priming before the workout is going to give you the most bang for your buck. I like doing this. I mean, unless it's a day where I'm going after a PR or I'm challenging my strength, where I'm like, OK, I'm going to see I'm going to move more weight than I've moved in a long time today and I'm going to get after it, then I want to be, once I get primed, I want to be focused on my squatting or deadlifting or whatever it is that we're talking about. And I don't really want to mess too much in between sets, just because I want to conserve that energy for everything I can give to the lift. Now, if it's just I'm in a strength phase of lifting and I'm also trying to improve my squat or deadlift, whatever movement we're talking about, I love to do a set, then go over and do a little bit ankle mobility, then do the next set, and then assess how much that improved it, and then go over and do some hip stuff after the third set. And I love to do that so I can kind of measure what's helping my movement patterns the most. I think there's nothing wrong with doing that. Now, of course, again, if you are in a workout where today I'm going to be testing my max strength, then conserving energy in between sets is ideal. But for the everyday lift, and even if you're in a strength phase, I actually really enjoy priming in between sets like this. Blake, are you using Maps Prime to identify where you need to prime? I've taken a peek at it. My brother actually does own the program, so I've taken a peek at it. But a lot of it's just from watching your guys' content on Instagram and YouTube and that sort of thing and just kind of picking up tips here and there. OK, so what areas for you are you noticing that you need to work on or prime? What are you doing to prime? And then have you noticed any benefit from doing those things? Yeah, for sure. So I mean, the two main exercises that I've been focusing on kind of messing around with priming in between sets is the squat and the deadlift, obviously. I found that the low back and the hip hinge is where I kind of feel a bit of a flare up if I'm not careful. So just taking the tips from you guys throwing some 90s, 90s in there in between, a little bit of combat stretch, just kind of the stuff that you guys talk about quite a bit. I've been trying to throw that in between not every set, but here and there. And some days it seems to really help. Some days I think the difference is negligible, but that's kind of why I wanted your perspective on it. OK, so here's something important to understand about priming is it can be very individual. So in Maps Prime there's a compass test that you take and it can help you identify areas of your body. And then there's a lot of movements. We have free webinars, mapsprimepro.com is one. That's for Prime Pro. And then we have the Maps Prime webinar for Prime, but they don't cover not even one-tenth of the movements that we have. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna send you Maps Prime for free. And what I want you to do is take the compass test because you may find movements that are better for your body because you should see and feel improvements when you do the right movements for your body each time you do them. You shouldn't feel negligible. It should feel like it's doing something. Yeah, not only that Blake, but have you actually done a session where you dedicate a solid like 15, 20 minutes of priming before your lift? Or have you just kind of messed around with a few movements here and there? Have you actually like dedicated a solid 15, 20 minutes before your lift to priming? I have, but not consistent. It's really when I'm feeling tight those days that I might take 10 or 15 before a workout and go to town, but not as consistently as I probably should be. Okay, well, try that next time. So Doug's gonna hook you up with access to Maps Prime. Do the compass test. Do what it prescribes and recommends and you'll very, very likely notice a big difference. Man, that's fantastic. Thanks so much, guys. No problem. A lot of people are at least talking about priming, but it's something that you have to focus on, like your workout. Just do it a little here and there. You'll get a little bit of benefit, but it's not the same thing. It's cool to see it being a lexicon, just like mobility and things like that. Like people are using it now. Yeah, because it's so beneficial. I just wish more people would actually apply it in their workouts. Well, I love this question because again, unless I'm chasing a PR or pushing my limits, I actually enjoy priming this way. I have my little routine that I do before I always lift, but then I love to go between sets because I feel like when you do that, you have something you can kind of measure right then and there versus, you know, okay, it's great. It is great. It is ideal to spend 15, 20 minutes before the workout, but sometimes you can't make that connection of like, oh, that's what made that squat feel so much better was doing that versus I just did a set, felt a little wonky or I didn't feel, I felt it in my ankles or I felt something called my ankles. It translates right, right. Right, exactly. I can, then I can go back and then do it. I feel like people make a better connection to how it's helping you. So I love to integrate it into the workout. Yeah, and truth be told, one of the big differences between a warmup and priming is the individual component. I mean, that's why Maps Prime is not a program that just has a bunch of priming movements that you pick from. There's a compass test that tells you which one to do for your body because general warmups are okay. Individualized priming sessions, totally, totally different ball games. No, I'm glad you brought that up because to his point of what he talked about, like he's just kind of integrated. We talk a lot about what's helped us. Right. So I talk at Nozium, the 90-90 in combat stretch because that was a game changer for me. So you never know, you go through that. I mean, that thing's got over 50 something different, priming exercises in it. You may find that wall circles ends up changing your life or something else. So it's like, I love that you brought that up because we tend to talk about a handful of priming movements that have worked so well for us. It doesn't necessarily mean that's gonna translate to the same.