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02-11-2001, 07:44 AM #1Pump Junky
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Dumbbell presses
Have any of you tried this? On your last two reps see how slow you can lower your hands, then back up if you can then do it again. This may sound funny but I imagine someone is pushing down on my hands and I am trying to hold them back. If you have never done these you WILL FEEL it in your chest the next day.
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02-12-2001, 05:10 PM #3Member
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Negatives are excellent for stimulating muscle growth! I do them but not all the time because, like Prince said, they are awfully demanding on your body. So, do them sparingly but do them!!!
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02-12-2001, 10:55 PM #4I'm CEO, Bitch! ADMINISTRATOR
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I've done negatives in the past, but I no longer do them. It's easy to injur muscles/tendons doing them.
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02-13-2001, 02:43 PM #5Pump Junky
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Would this be a negative? When I think of negative I think of a weight I can't lift with a spotter to help lift it. This is a working weight and I only do this on the last two reps after doing 8 or so.
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02-13-2001, 06:26 PM #6mac sloanGuest
A negitive or aka eccentric contraction is when the muscle lengthens while producing tension,which in turn slows or brakes the speed of the movement.
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What I would do is after a few regular sets, do 1 to 2 sets of strictly negatives, 3 to 4 reps per set! I don't recommend that you do negatives in the same set as regulars because you will not have enough strength to really control the weight to get a good negative. And when doing negatives you want a weight that you can fully control on that phase of the lift. Let your spotter handle most, if not all, of the positive phase, so you don't want to pick a weight that is too heavy! lol But no matter how heavy the weight is, if you do negatives with a slow and control manner then your muscles will definitely respond! Good luck
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