Basic lifting principles - Tension

[walt]

Good watch, im defiantly going to focus on negatives now.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jlwepUQY58]Basic Lifting Principles #3: Tension - YouTube[/ame]

What you all think?

 

[Rugby88]

Time under tension is hugely important for muscle growth I think - I am always doing negatives....

Why waste half of the rep?

 

[jchen]

who is this guy?

 

[KungFooGoo]

Isn't Jason Huh (spelling?) a massive advocate for this? He seemed to be going alright with it anyway.

 

[Rugby88]

Isn't Jason Huh (spelling?) a massive advocate for this? He seemed to be going alright with it anyway.

Yea time under tension he never extends/locks out a rep...I do the same...I dont see the point fully locking out or extending a rep, resting there for a split second and then dropping the weight back...your only doing half a rep this way...

 

[KungFooGoo]

Yea time under tension he never extends/locks out a rep...I do the same...I dont see the point fully locking out or extending a rep, resting there for a split second and then dropping the weight back...your only doing half a rep this way...

You see it to often though it get taken to the other extreme though. Doing 1/3 reps on 'x' excercise. KungFooGoo more or less gets the time under tension thing but he'd also assume using full ROM would be better then using 1/3 ROM while staying 'under tension'

 

[Rugby88]

You see it to often though it get taken to the other extreme though. Doing 1/3 reps on 'x' excercise. KungFooGoo more or less gets the time under tension thing but he'd also assume using full ROM would be better then using 1/3 ROM while staying 'under tension'

Using full rom is always better than moving the bar (lets say) 1 inch lol...

But normally I will go to just before lock out, so you cant "rest" the weight, hold it there for a second or 2, still under tension of course because your not totally locked out or full extended and then slowly come down/up with a count from anywhere from 3-10 secs....of course I dont do this on every single exercise every single session but I just to do it as much as possible...

I will however never lockout or full extend on any lift...

 

[Eman]

who is this guy?

I'm a bit of a follower of this guy on YouTube and Facebook. Talks a lot of sense from a scientific perspective and his aim is to basically rid the world of broscience.

Look up his Facebook page 'No bullshit body building'

 

[KungFooGoo]

Using full rom is always better than moving the bar (lets say) 1 inch lol...

But normally I will go to just before lock out, so you cant "rest" the weight, hold it there for a second or 2, still under tension of course because your not totally locked out or full extended and then slowly come down/up with a count from anywhere from 3-10 secs....of course I dont do this on every single exercise every single session but I just to do it as much as possible...

I will however never lockout or full extend on any lift...

KunFooGoo gets what you mean, he'll stick to the basic shit for the time being though. 1 more week left of 12's then a little break then hit 8's for a little bit then.... See where KungFooGoo's at and go from there.

 

[walt]

who is this guy?

ian mccarthy, i follow him on youtube, good to watch actually.

I think my next program will have a few days to focus on hypertrophy and really focus on the negatives, and the other 2 days just worry about weight progression.

 

[Goosey]

http://arthurjonesexercise.com/Athletic/NegAccentuate.PDF

 

[GN1]

Great thread.
Not a fan of Arthur Jones though.

 

[Darkoz]

He was a grumpy bastard