jackcity10
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MSN did this article on the "7 biggest muscle myths". i think some of this is BS and trick wording.
"Myth #1
Lifting incredibly slowly builds incredibly big muscles.
Lifting super slowly produces superlong workouts--and that's it. University of Alabama researchers recently studied two groups of lifters doing a 29-minute workout. One group performed exercises using a 5-second up phase and a 10-second down phase, the other a more traditional approach of 1 second up and 1 second down. The faster group burned 71 percent more calories and lifted 250 percent more weight than the superslow lifters."
who the hell takes 10 seconds on the "down phase?" nowon thinks that the slower you lift the bigger you'll get. but you cant zip through your set because then your using the velocity and neglecting the hard parts of the motion.
i think some of these are BS. you guys are the experts, what do you think?
http://fitness.msn.com/articles/fee...ise&article=et_mh_070504_musclemyths>1=4244
"Myth #1
Lifting incredibly slowly builds incredibly big muscles.
Lifting super slowly produces superlong workouts--and that's it. University of Alabama researchers recently studied two groups of lifters doing a 29-minute workout. One group performed exercises using a 5-second up phase and a 10-second down phase, the other a more traditional approach of 1 second up and 1 second down. The faster group burned 71 percent more calories and lifted 250 percent more weight than the superslow lifters."
who the hell takes 10 seconds on the "down phase?" nowon thinks that the slower you lift the bigger you'll get. but you cant zip through your set because then your using the velocity and neglecting the hard parts of the motion.
i think some of these are BS. you guys are the experts, what do you think?
http://fitness.msn.com/articles/fee...ise&article=et_mh_070504_musclemyths>1=4244
