static hold/squeeze at top of reps

[Muscleboy]

Ive been doing squeezes at top of barbell rows, pulldowns, mach. preacher curls.  I think its been working out pretty good instead of just throwing the weight up.  What do you guys think?

[Montague]

I employ a similar technique on most of my exercises.
My strength gains have slowed, but I’ve noticed better results from an aesthetic standpoint.

If you can keep your ego from interfering with the fact that you must use lighter weight to do this, then good for you.
If you’re worried about how much weight you can toss around, then…

It all depends on your goals.

[smaul]

Ive been doing squeezes at top of barbell rows, pulldowns, mach. preacher curls.  I think its been working out pretty good instead of just throwing the weight up.  What do you guys think?

I've tried this for many muscles and feel it only seems to work for me on leg extensions, love doing it for those.

[dyslexic]

There are three phases to a repitition:

1) Concentric (positive)- usually the lifting phase

2) Eccentric (negative)- usually the lowering phase

3) Static (Isometric)- the contracted portion with no movement


To me it makes logical sense to get as much as you can out of each portion of the rep.

[benchthis]

There are three phases to a repitition:

1) Concentric (positive)- usually the lifting phase

2) Eccentric (negative)- usually the lowering phase

3) Static (Isometric)- the contracted portion with no movement


To me it makes logical sense to get as much as you can out of each portion of the rep.

first you fail in the concentric phase followed by static phase and finally by the negative phase...

so do a set till positive failure...the follow it up with isometric hold and negatives....
not only will you build strength but you will also build quality muscle