How important are negatives?

[Deicide]

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[PANDAEMONIUM]

Be more specific

[Hedgehog]

They can be very useful, most people do them too slow IMO.

Use a 3-4 second decend on benchpress, and 4 second decend on the squat.

Also, if you're doing typically 6-8 reps on the benchpress, do 3-4 negatives.

The time under load (TUL) should be approx the same.

Don't do them every week either IMO. Either every other week, or every third.

And perhaps one or two sets.


When used for powerlifting training: Use it during off-season training IMO. Negatives will recruit Type IIa fibers, and not IIx.


JMO.


PS Get as much help as possible from the spotter/s on the way up. You want to lift as little as possible in the eccentric phase on these sets.

[Deicide]

They can be very useful, most people do them too slow IMO.

Use a 3-4 second decend on benchpress, and 4 second decend on the squat.

Also, if you're doing typically 6-8 reps on the benchpress, do 3-4 negatives.

The time under load (TUL) should be approx the same.

Don't do them every week either IMO. Either every other week, or every third.

And perhaps one or two sets.


When used for powerlifting training: Use it during off-season training IMO. Negatives will recruit Type IIa fibers, and not IIx.


JMO.


PS Get as much help as possible from the spotter/s on the way up. You want to lift as little as possible in the eccentric phase on these sets.

Heh, my favourite rep number 6-8; what are the long term benefits if I were to incoporate negatives as you suggested?

[pumpster]

Long-term benefits..WTF? Negatives can be very useful, another technique like cheats, rest-pause, etc. to increase intensity and realize improvement.

[biceps]

Discuss...

Negatives are very good, especially when you don't have the time (1 to 2 hr) to train, and you have only 30 min available for training.