Pretty intense on those hack squats. What the hell is going on with those plates?
"Drop set"...
Super slow on the way down (5 seconds or more)...pause on the bottom (2 seconds) before pushing it up in super-slow fashion (no "power" and instead only strong muscle contraction) - without locking the knees at the top (thus - maintaining continuous tension)...
After every 3 (4 or 5 reps - depends on WHEN in the workout we do these drop sets) we take 2 plates off from one side only...
More often than not - when we are down to "nothing" (no plates at all) - we start adding them back up in the same fashion (every so many reps we put the weights back - ASCENDING mode (rather than descending)...
On the good day we might go down (descending) - up (ascending) and down (descending) again...OR combine this exercise with other (superset) or others (giant sets)...
I love when "keyboard heroes" notice the poundages that I (or my athletes) use and call it - "brutal" or "monster" strength...
There is always an offer for those "tough" guys to come and join us in training to see how "brutal they are"...
They have no clue WHAT comes BEFORE any particular lift - so when you see photo of me (or someone else) doing 135lbs shoulder press or whatever amount "preacher curl" - that doesn't mean we are doing ONLY that exercise...
If you follow my training programs (usually there is exact workout posted on board) - you will notice that I combine a lot of different exercises one after another...
Shoulder presses (for example) were - explosive standing shoulder presses AFTER super slow (5 seconds minimum) HEAVY Smith Machine military presses...with 2 seconds pause on the bottom (when bar touches the chest)...
EZ-Bar Preacher curl was one of 5 exercises in giant-set sequence (along with low pulley cable preacher curl, reverse preacher curl, selectorized machine preacher curl + Hammer Strength Preacher curl...all done with various tempo, different load, grip and a technique...)
