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2006/03/23, 08:47 AM
A friend of mine started doing what is called negative lifting. For example while benching he'd do a four rep set on his own than 4-5 reps where he concentrated on bringing the bar down as slowly as possible than having me the spotter lift it back to the top so he could repeat this. I tried it and have to say it was one of the craziest chest works outs I've had in a long time, it really makes you work hard. We also did some negative barbell curls. Those two muscle groups gained a lot of strength after that. My bench went up 10 lbs in one week. Has anyone else ever had expierence doing these? What'd you think about them? I'm thinking they're a good plateau breaker, something kinda new that forces your body to grow.
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2006/03/23, 12:55 PM
Nothing new been around for a while. been talked about alot on here w/ different opinions on the subject.
PERSONALLY, I'm not a big fan of them. I think the essentric phase is important, but not enough to do 3 or 4 sets of an essentric portion of a lift that I actually can't do. The risk of injury isn't worth the effort.
While doing myabe 8 rep on bench or so...the last one I do a neg on....thats ok....but not a whole workout based around negatives.
Again IMO
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Get your bicep curling, cut off shirt, matching workout outfit wearing,flexing in mirror "toned" wanna-be ass , out of my squat rack!
People don't reach thier true potental, only those who seek it.
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2006/03/23, 03:00 PM
It can stimulate new strength and muscle gains but yea it can lead to overtraining....I would add a set or two but I wouldn't have whole workouts....I am gaining new appreciation for negatives with grippers grip training....I believe I heard muscles are about 40% stronger on negative/eccentric portion of a lift...so it makes sense once in a while to do some negatives if you been stuck with weight that's 101-125% of 1rm with a good spotter or two....
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2006/03/23, 03:01 PM
I only use them when doing work >100%. As you advance, you will see less of a benefit from them. They have their place, but if you make negatives a staple in your routine, then you are much mroe likely to suffer from overtraining.
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Iron and chalk.
Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run.
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2006/03/26, 11:16 AM
Also read they are good for rehabing/preventing strains and pulls. Since that is where usually the damage is done in the essentric part of the lift
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Get your bicep curling, cut off shirt, matching workout outfit wearing,flexing in mirror "toned" wanna-be ass , out of my squat rack!
People don't reach thier true potental, only those who seek it.
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2006/03/26, 11:27 AM
There was a study done in which 4 weeks of eccentric based exercise (natural GHR) caused a lengthening of the hamstring, theoretically reducing risk of pulls.
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Iron and chalk.
Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run.
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