it's a good technique for lifting more, but not really for training the muscle

This post was edited by Ocen on Mar 3 2012 03:51pm

It's still as good because you generally go deeper and push more weight that way, therefore overloading the muscles more.

EDIT: Sort of.

This post was edited by Trolloaloal33 on Mar 3 2012 04:00pm

yeah but the eccentric part of the lift is important and i think you know this

having a little more concentric isnt the same as having a lot more of eccentric

This post was edited by Ocen on Mar 3 2012 04:02pm

You realize some of the best athletes, and the strongest enforce eccentric-less lifts, right? When you DL, you should generally be DLing without an eccentric portion. The same is said for Pendlay Rows.

to increase rep max, but not to increase muscle stimulation/hypertrophy

This post was edited by TheOak on Mar 3 2012 05:52pm

He said training the muscle, which I assume would mean strength. The eccentric portion of a lift causes too much tissue damage, which is why people choose to exclude it. As for DLs, doing it eccentric-less reduces the risk of injury.

When I speak, I speak in terms of strength, never in terms of hypertrophy unless stated otherwise.

EDIT: Which is why I would refer to Pendlay Rows as an example, and not Yates rows.

This post was edited by Trolloaloal33 on Mar 3 2012 06:10pm

Thanks everyone i shoulda pushed out a 5th



Just basketball knee sleeves. Nothing really

Uhh, what? It's not like your legs break because you bounce out of the hole. If you're flexible, you're fine.

Do you even break parallel on your squats? (Serious question)