Friday, June 26, 2009
You know you're supposed to lift weights slowly and deliberately and under control. I have no problem with the "under control" part—good form requires it. But I want to take serious issue with "slowly and deliberately."
The faster you lift, the better the results. If you're trying to increase size, fast lifts activate more of the muscle fibers that have the most potential to grow. If you're trying to become leaner, fast lifts do more to crank up your heart rate--and by extension your metabolism—than anything else. And if you're trying to grow stronger . . . well, how many feats of strength can you list that are performed slowly and deliberately? Even if something looks slow from the outside, you can bet that the guy performing the feat is trying like hell to get it done as fast as possible.
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Anything worth lifting is worth lifting fast, as long as you control the weight and don't let it control you. That means you'll lower the weight a bit more slowly than you lifted it. You don't have to lower it at any particular tempo; just make sure you return it to the starting position without dropping it or shifting your body out of proper alignment.
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