Answers to Your Tough Questions
Last month I asked the reader's from my mailing list to send me their toughest, most skeptical questions so I could answer them in a podcast. I received some pretty good, sometimes rather personal, questions.
I loved it!
Part one of my answers is now available online at this link. And you don't need an iPod or mp3 player to hear this, or any, podcast. Any computer can play the file through its speakers. And it's free.
A word of warning: My podcasts aren't really like canned responses from a corporation. What you hear is me talking to you the way I would if we were sitting on my patio discussing training and trainees. I hope you'll like it.
Stay tuned for Part two.
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posted by Super Rep Equipment at 10:34 AM
2 Comments:
I guess if I went to a gym and put 500 lbs on the bench,which I couln't move,and I pressed it for five seconds for weeks,I would sooner or later be able to lift the bar from the rack because I would be using the static contraction plan. Instead of a meter I would have the bar move as proof I was getting stronger. Is this the correct way of thinking?
Sort of. Using conventional equipment, you'd be better to use a weight you CAN lift, that way you get feedback on how you are progressing. So you lift 250 for 5 seconds then go back in a few days and try 270 and so on. Just pushing on 500 pounds doesn't tell you how close you are to being that strong. 498? 175? And it doesn't tell you when you are making progress versus moving backward. (overtraining). Pete