lifting style

[Behemoth]

The reason superslow training makes no sense is because the tension will be the same as if you lifted fast, meaning it's not doing anything different to your muscle.

 

[truck]

it has nothing to do with tension it has to do with muscle recruitement. You use more muscles and gain more muscle control when you go slow because it is a controlled lift form top to bottom. Remember guys its a tool not a whole school of lifting.

 

[ILB50]

im not talking about extreme slowness just bringing the weight down in a controled manner and pausing at the bottom for one sec or holding it for a second and then exploding back up ???

 

[blackbeard]

im not talking about extreme slowness just bringing the weight down in a controled manner and pausing at the bottom for one sec or holding it for a second and then exploding back up ???

what you are describing is a pause press..those are excellent for your bench press..

but that is not considered "slow" you do it just how you described bring the bar down controlled pause then push up as hard/fast as you can..i use close to a 2 second count before pressing

 

[Behemoth]

it has nothing to do with tension it has to do with muscle recruitement. You use more muscles and gain more muscle control when you go slow because it is a controlled lift form top to bottom. Remember guys its a tool not a whole school of lifting.

What does that matter? If you use a heavy enough weight, you recruit all the fibers anyway.

 

[ILB50]

is this pause pressing good for strenght gains i pause for a second

 

[blackbeard]

is this pause pressing good for strenght gains i pause for a second

making a lift "harder" will more than likley lead to strength gains

 

[getfitdoc]

concentric phase: any exercise, I power it up with good form. Flex the muscles at the apex (not for 5 seconds, just a solid BOOM.. quick flex..

then....

eccentric phase: "control gravity", I don't count when i go down. I just control gravity.

 

[getfitdoc]

just thought of this,,,

do any mods know if the training vids are still up? i thought it was a sticky,, i think pullinbig and needsize had them up...

if so.. watch those vids,, they are really good.. you'll see some solid lifting styles.

 

[pullinbig]

the vids are temporarily down. they will be back up soon.

 

[truck]

Hey I'm no scientist but this is what I've learned and have recieved results from the movements. If you ever look at a study on tia chi you'll see that slow fluid movement is essential to being balanced, as they work to becoming quicker explosive movements. I believe that i the long run it helps more than not doing it. i could be talking out of my butt but I don't care so much, I do what works for me and from the people who are around me it works for most of them too.

 

[blackbeard]

Hey I'm no scientist but this is what I've learned and have recieved results from the movements. If you ever look at a study on tia chi you'll see that slow fluid movement is essential to being balanced, as they work to becoming quicker explosive movements. I believe that i the long run it helps more than not doing it. i could be talking out of my butt but I don't care so much, I do what works for me and from the people who are around me it works for most of them too.

what sort of results have you avhieved from this?

 

[truck]

I hit a wall in my training I was strugling to bench over 330lbs. One day my football coach came in and watch me lift. He told me to drop weight and use nice slow controlled movements down and up. I did that for about three weeks then he told me to use the same slow movement down but then explode up. I used this method for about a month then he said now just do as much weight as you can for each rep and I contenued to do so. The rusults I felt I got out of it was once I started hitting the heavy wieights is that I always was in control of the weight which helped me a ton with the psychological part of lifting heavier weights and wouldn't feel or want to bounce the weight off my chest. I also feel that it deminished sticking points I also feel my arms are more balanced on the way down and up, as I think more experienced lifters do I don't use clips anymore to make sure that I keep that balance.