Thread: what would you gain?

I trained with a power lifter 10 years ago.....he had me cut back my weight by 15% on all lifts....the end result....I got bigger and stronger than I had ever been, and I was 100% drug free.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I trained with a power lifter 10 years ago.....he had me cut back my weight by 15% on all lifts....the end result....I got bigger and stronger than I had ever been, and I was 100% drug free.

thats sweet... i think i'm going to start dropping weight on everything and focus on form

oh yeah and i was gonna ask if u will gain anything from squeezing the muscles ur working i mean for exampl at the top at the bench if u squeeze pecs together?

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I trained with a power lifter 10 years ago.....he had me cut back my weight by 15% on all lifts....the end result....I got bigger and stronger than I had ever been, and I was 100% drug free.

Nice. I did the same thing. For the 1st 2 years of lifting I thought it was purely about how much weight I could shift. Made a few gains but nothing significant then gradually realised its form that counts.

But as with many other aspects of weightlifting, it's a continual learning process.

For the last several years ive been really gung ho about proper form and always using full ROM. Always. I see kids in the gym half as big as me lifting the same weights I do, or more sometimes, albeit with some compromise in form or ROM.
So I think for me, maybe its time i start swinging those weights and my body like jay in that video, maybe it will help me bust my current plateau. i dunno.

Kenwood, squeeze your bicep as hard as you can when your at the top of the ROM, trust me man, I have been doing it w/o squeezing for a long time, never felt the burn, never felt sore the next day, now with this method my biceps as sore as fuck for the next 3 days after my workout. With bench, there are days where I go for power with maximal weight and other days where I drop my weight bring the bar down slowly explosive up, that method gets me sore as hell and yes I do feel like my muscle gets bigger. It depends on your goals, my main gol now is to get strong thus I go heavy.

Originally Posted by LexusGS

Kenwood, squeeze your bicep as hard as you can when your at the top of the ROM, trust me man, I have been doing it w/o squeezing for a long time, never felt the burn, never felt sore the next day, now with this method my biceps as sore as fuck for the next 3 days after my workout. With bench, there are days where I go for power with maximal weight and other days where I drop my weight bring the bar down slowly explosive up, that method gets me sore as hell and yes I do feel like my muscle gets bigger. It depends on your goals, my main gol now is to get strong thus I go heavy.

yeah last friday i did back,biceps and i did 4sets of incline db curls (8-10reps) and my biceps r still sore..i squeezed at the top too

At your age I would def concentrate on form. It will pay off in the future.

It kind of depends on how bad your form was to begin with. If you aren't that far off, and you drop the weight to use better form, you wont gain that much. If you were way off, and you drop the weight to use better form, you'll gain alot. Everyone is different.

Graham