Been toying with the idea of SlowBurn, it is just like other slow lifting, a 10 count up and 10 count down. What are your opinions on this type of lifting? Supposed to only lift once a week, twice if you are an athlete (me)
trying to trim down somewhat, I have gained 15 pounds but I am still the same pant size, feeling a bit big in the shoulders. Doing cardio 3X a week, plus karate 2 hours a night 5X
slow lifting
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Re: slow lifting
By trim down do you mean lose some excess fat or dropping some muscle?
IMO when lifting the most amount of time should be spent on the eccentric portion of a particular exercise, which is usually the 'lowering' part of it. This is where you can generate a lot of tension within a muscle, with greater time under tension leading to greater gains. Usually get the raising (concentric) phase of an exercise done either as quickly as good form allows or up to 2 seconds, depending on what muscle you're working. Hamstrings for example respond quite well to explosive contractions. I'm not sure a long concentric phase will provide much benefit, but someone will correct me if that statement is wrong
Impressed with the busy schedule though! Good luck with it all!
Rich
IMO when lifting the most amount of time should be spent on the eccentric portion of a particular exercise, which is usually the 'lowering' part of it. This is where you can generate a lot of tension within a muscle, with greater time under tension leading to greater gains. Usually get the raising (concentric) phase of an exercise done either as quickly as good form allows or up to 2 seconds, depending on what muscle you're working. Hamstrings for example respond quite well to explosive contractions. I'm not sure a long concentric phase will provide much benefit, but someone will correct me if that statement is wrong
Impressed with the busy schedule though! Good luck with it all!
Rich