Poliquin trains athletes not powerlifter, or in the case of the photo that started this thread, benchers. That guy looks like he forgot to put his legs on this morning when he woke up, but I digress. Anyway, since Poliquin trains athletes there is very little carryover to sport from pushdowns, as opposed to the other exercises her recommended. Besides, we’ve all seen the young punks at the gym who do nothing but pushdowns and squat rack curls.
By the way I also do pushdowns. Usually sets of 100 with bands post workout on on off days as a “feeder” workout.
[quote]ConanSpeaks wrote:
Poliquin trains athletes not powerlifter, or in the case of the photo that started this thread, benchers. That guy looks like he forgot to put his legs on this morning when he woke up, but I digress. Anyway, since Poliquin trains athletes there is very little carryover to sport from pushdowns, as opposed to the other exercises her recommended. Besides, we’ve all seen the young punks at the gym who do nothing but pushdowns and squat rack curls.
By the way I also do pushdowns. Usually sets of 100 with bands post workout on on off days as a “feeder” workout.[/quote]
Not sure what you mean by the leg comment, but Mike Ruggiera has squatted over 1,000 and deadlifted 815. He is far from just a bencher.
-MAtt
[quote]Big Dan wrote:
How do you guys that use both compound and isolation lifts incorporate both?[/quote]
Same workout, after I’m no longer able to do the compound lifts.
For instance, this week on pull day, I couldn’t do another pull-up or much weight on the bent row. So I did concentration curls with a dumbbell, to total exhaustion. Two days later, my biceps are still swollen and sore as hell. But that’s cool, because it will be another three before the next pull day.
I could have also done some reverse curls for the brachiadialis, rear lateral raise for the shoulders, or straight arm pull-downs for the lats. But I don’t typically freak more than one muscle at a time in this way.