different approach

[Muay Thai kidd]

when doing a exercise is it better to throw the weight up as fast as you can with proper form or slowly lower and raise the weight?? thx

 

[inked1]

probably get more hypertrophy from doing it slowly.

personally i'm more interested in strength and power, so hammering that weight up as fast as possible is how I like to do it

 

[Winter]

probably get more hypertrophy from doing it slowly.

personally i'm more interested in strength and power, so hammering that weight up as fast as possible is how I like to do it

I like doing that as well. For bench, I like to bring the weight down slowly and shoot it up as fast/explosive as I can.

 

[Muay Thai kidd]

what about for size??

 

[Winter]

Doing it slowly down & up.

 

[inked1]

what about for size??

probably get more hypertrophy from doing it slowly.

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[Vennom96]

Recently I started cycling my weights. I'll do heavy and low reps for about 3 weeks and then switch it up for 2 weeks to lighter weight/ more reps then back to heavy.

When I'm going heavy, I like to push the weight up fast (under control) and when I'm in the lighter phase I like to do really slow reps and really feel it. That way I get a little bit of both.