What do people think of the ironman magazine training principle of working each muscle group in three different positions during a training week. They say each muscle should be worked in a streched position, a mid position, and a contracted position each week for maximum hypertrophy. For example, for triceps an overhead extension for the stretch, skullcrushers for the midpoint, and kickbacks for the contracted position. I always thought the muscle didn’t know anything more than to flez the elbow, regardless of how you do it. Any thoughts/opinions?
Ace: About seven and a half years ago, I devoted 27 months to POF (aka. “Points Of Flexion” training). The Initial progress was outstanding; however, 1/3 way through this time sequence, I started to develop numerous overuse injuries which were directly related to an over-reliance on “training to failure!” The end result was that after 2 1/4 years my training had become incurably stale! In retrospect, POF did not provide nearly enough volume to sustain growth.
Originally, I had found the precepts of POF to be quite fascinating, but in hindsight, I see them as little more than a failed experiment!
never tried it, dont know much about it, but it sounds gay to me!
I used them and it really helped. It actually got me to take recovery seriously. I was also taking 1-AD at the time, so that is a confounding variable of course. I would recommend trying one of their programs if you like a lot of variety in your workouts.