joel, what about the potential for injury?
if i walked into the gym and tried to bench press my working weight cold, my shoulders would plop out of their joints and land somewhere near the fat old ladies on the treadmills.
I can also argue in favor of Big Daddy Joel. While I said that I do prefer and do use a couple Acclimation sets, if I know the exact weight that I need to use for my target reps–which I always do–I wouldn’t have a problem getting the job done sans injury. I prefer the couple sets to get my mental game going and get the connection between my mind and muscles.
I am still a proponent of the Acclimation sets regardless. However, I only feel that these couple sets need be done for the first exercise of the session and/or muscle group in a session.