Thread: Isometeric routines

do you guys perform any isometeric routines.

what are some?? what are the benefits?

like Dale said, isometric contractions will strength you only in the joint angle they are performed and aprox. 10% in either direction. You can use them to try and break sticking points or work on certain postures and joint angles with load. For example, on a deadlift, you could pull the weight from the floor to just below the knee and perform isometric holds. Then pull off pins and hold just above the knee and finally you can pull off pins up to the top position (lockout) and hold. ALl of the weights should be greater then your 1RM for the full concentric movement. You could cetainly do a similar thing for bench press. I don't know how much carry over to a full ROM bench press you will see. Make sure you have a spotter and you are using a squat rack to push the weight off the pins to your isometric spots and for safety reasons so you can use >1RM loads.