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2004/02/22, 12:27 PM
I read this in muscle and fitness magizine.....It said to do a normal reps on bench press, then go to a smith machine and put 50lbs more on it that what you nomarly do for reps, unlock it and hold it about 4 in of your chest, then go back and do reps. IT said this holing of the weight makes more fast twitch muscle fibers ingage in the lift and you can soposily get like 2 extra reps out of your regualar rep bench press? Any one ever herd of this? sounds like alot of unneeded stress on the shoulders and joints
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2004/02/22, 05:08 PM
yea me too , just seeing if anyone has done this before, its nto a negative you just hold the weight 4in above your chest.
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.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened
......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
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2004/02/23, 12:12 AM
I have never tried or heard of that type of exercise. But, holding weights at a certain point (as separate exercises, not the routine you are referring to) will help you get past sticking points (where you cant go beyond to complete the rep) in the specific exercise.
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2004/02/23, 02:04 PM
This is called a rest/pause workout. basically you are right that it gets you to get past a sticking point. Powerlifters use this a lot for benching.....:dumbbell:
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