ketsugo
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You all know I have cycled many times. However if anyone pays attention I’m always interjecting when guys look for fastest chemical etc. without proper dietary practice or even more attention to how you train . Even the strongest compounds will not Yield great results . When your between cycles you still gain .
Example we use calf raise
Calf Raise
One very common and detrimental calf training mistake is in the excessive use of momentum.
In fact, it’s rare to see a lifter at the gym who doesn’t perform their calf raises in this way. The majority of people simply load up the weights and then “bounce” their way through the set by pumping out their reps without any real pause at the top or bottom of the movement.
When you “bounce” yourself out of the bottom position of a calf raise, you greatly minimize the amount of tension that is placed on the actual calf muscles and redirect it towards your achilles tendon instead.
The solution? Slow down your reps and stop using momentum.
Here’s what I’d recommend...
Pause in the very bottom position for a full 2 seconds... press yourself up as hard and fast as you can in proper form... pause in the fully contracted position for 1 second... and then lower yourself in 3-4 seconds.
This particular cadence will optimize the stress on your calves and minimize the involvement of the achilles tendon.
Hold on now AFTER you done full set add the bounce and cheating in order to extend your set therefore increase muscle fiber activity/ hyperplasia ( fiber splitting ) . Way back Arnold called it the cheat principal cuz there is a place in training . In past 10-15 years they finally did bodybuilding studies ( not mere fitness ) that verified you can increase size by hyperplasia by duration of your set . However does that mean we abandon the older strategy of using heavier weight to increase the number of fiber recruitment .NO !! You use and rotate many ways of training before your body adjusts to stimuli . Avoid staleness yes if something works do for few weeks but then change up before stalemate sets in. In all phases of training homeostasis is chasing you . Keep ahead change then after that go back to what you found worked before . That’s part of what’s defined as periodization or the concept of a cycle . Change . Change is your friend. To resist will defeat you . To harness change embrace it is how to progress .
Example we use calf raise
Calf Raise
One very common and detrimental calf training mistake is in the excessive use of momentum.
In fact, it’s rare to see a lifter at the gym who doesn’t perform their calf raises in this way. The majority of people simply load up the weights and then “bounce” their way through the set by pumping out their reps without any real pause at the top or bottom of the movement.
When you “bounce” yourself out of the bottom position of a calf raise, you greatly minimize the amount of tension that is placed on the actual calf muscles and redirect it towards your achilles tendon instead.
The solution? Slow down your reps and stop using momentum.
Here’s what I’d recommend...
Pause in the very bottom position for a full 2 seconds... press yourself up as hard and fast as you can in proper form... pause in the fully contracted position for 1 second... and then lower yourself in 3-4 seconds.
This particular cadence will optimize the stress on your calves and minimize the involvement of the achilles tendon.
Hold on now AFTER you done full set add the bounce and cheating in order to extend your set therefore increase muscle fiber activity/ hyperplasia ( fiber splitting ) . Way back Arnold called it the cheat principal cuz there is a place in training . In past 10-15 years they finally did bodybuilding studies ( not mere fitness ) that verified you can increase size by hyperplasia by duration of your set . However does that mean we abandon the older strategy of using heavier weight to increase the number of fiber recruitment .NO !! You use and rotate many ways of training before your body adjusts to stimuli . Avoid staleness yes if something works do for few weeks but then change up before stalemate sets in. In all phases of training homeostasis is chasing you . Keep ahead change then after that go back to what you found worked before . That’s part of what’s defined as periodization or the concept of a cycle . Change . Change is your friend. To resist will defeat you . To harness change embrace it is how to progress .
