Hi
In Ferruggia’s latest article, he says that it is safer to pull without exploding up, and to reset your position after every rep.
I thought you were always meant to explode of every rep of all exercises to build performance mass, as Thib says.
http://www.T-Nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/look_like_a_bodybuilder_perform_like_an_athlete
Opinions?
Pull carefully off the floor. Once the bar passes your knees do a fast hard lockout. That’s the hp mass way as I understand it.
CT advocates strong and tight from the floor and explosive past the knees.
I think when a lot of trainers start focusing on speed, their form accidentally loosens a bit, increasing the chances for injury. So obviously from a safety angle, you should always strive to be tight and controlled, no matter what your speed.
From a muscle stimulation/hypertophy angle, you can create muscle stress from both sides of the speed spectrum. Going slow prolongs the time a muscle is working (T.U.T.), while going fast, or explosively, creates a higher degree of actual perceived load for the shorter duration of the movement. Both approaches have validity.
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One large issue is that many newer lifters tend to come down to the bar and than attempt to explode upwards placing tremendous strain on their shoulders. When I say come down to the bar I refer to some that allow their arms to bend and go too low than when they “explode” they jolt their body so to speak creating a whiplash like affect. Stay tight from the floor so that when your body moves the bar is also moving.
damn, i just signed in to say exactly Liquid Mercury just said.
Speed is king