That's why Smith opts for the friendly confines of the Smith machine as a safer option that lends itself perfectly to
slow tempo lifting.
Therefore, for optimal gains, try to incorporate periods of
slow tempo lifting into your workouts, followed by periods of lifting with significantly faster tempos, for example 6 - 12 weeks of slow speed followed by 6 - 12 weeks of fast speed.
And although things are not as black and white as this «rule» make them appear, it's true that many of the guys who also incorporate
slow tempo lifting tend to add more mass than those who strictly use fast lifting speeds and perform their every rep in an explosive manner.
Not exact matches
There are lots of big
lifters who do these in a fast and explosive manner, but for the majority of people, this is an exercise which can give greater benefits when done with a
slow, controlled
tempo, particularly when first trying it out.
In order to be sure that the workout is delivering efficient muscle growth, they
slowed down the
tempo of the
lifts, thus increasing the time his muscles were under tension.
Not really, because other studies have shown that alternating between
slow and fast
lifting tempo produces the best results in the long run.
For your isolation body part days, you can continue to
lift at a
slower tempo.
Lifting tempo is the technical term for how fast (or
slow) you
lift and lower the weights during a rep.
Slow lifting tempo: Ten seconds total.
Since most athletes and
lifters have trouble
slowing down, especially while in the presence of iron, using specific
tempos can be very useful when adopting this strategy.
These goals do not require heavy weights and instead concentrate on high numbers of repetitions and a
slow lifting tempo, which a stability ball naturally lends itself well to.
Lifting tempo is the technical term for how fast (or slow) you lift and lower the weights during a rep. Lifting tempo has a couple of other aliases, lifting speed and rep speed to n
Lifting tempo is the technical term for how fast (or
slow) you
lift and lower the weights during a rep.
Lifting tempo has a couple of other aliases, lifting speed and rep speed to n
Lifting tempo has a couple of other aliases,
lifting speed and rep speed to n
lifting speed and rep speed to name two
However, Inception still made the cut, despite composer Hans Zimmer openly admitting that large portions of it are directly
lifted from Edith Piaf's «Non, je ne regrette rien» with the
tempo slowed down.