Quote Originally Posted by old mike View Post
I am amazed that this is even brought up. Ya know it is common practice to cheat when going very, very heavy (whatever that is for you.) So the main thing when doing this is actually so that you must control the negative. There is such a thing about doing negatives. That is after doing all your reps you put on just what you can handle. Have you spotter just almost do all the positive motion with you and then hold it slow down for the negative. Then he pull it up with and for you, at this time you have little positive strength so you hold back the weight as best you can. Until total failure, being careful not to injury. But on all your sets if not the heavy one, you should always be doing a two way movement. Positive and negative. So what is new about this. ...old mike
surely thereīs two way , up and down .. whe training alone . not all have the luxury to have a training partner assisting you ..... to me this still new , in the past I would push / pull the weight up and get it down at same speed to get as many reps I wanted or what weight I wanted . but weights are just tools , counting reps actually can limit you . I quarantee it feels way different if one just bangs the reps out ame speed up and down OR resists the weight some good 2-3 seconds on the way down ...on all sets . add peak contraction and it gets again more taxing . the weight itself isnīt that important ( after 30 yrs in gym in my case ) , but the feel , the pump , pain + itīs safer w lighter weights . my 2 euros ...