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Originally Posted by Anuj
i'm a little confused about the negative effect parts, because if i've read 0311's article on "why ur not growing" correctly, then this negative tensions whould have no difference on muscle hypertrophy..
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Are you talking about this part?
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11) Ultra slow reps or TUT is, for the most part completely worthless.
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Will it work? Yes. But the total amount of work that one can complete is much lower when utilizing slow reps. Just go natural. Don’t try to be super fast, and bouncy, and don’t try to go ultra slow. Just do it naturally and controlled.
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What the Venuto article does not recognize (well, there are many things) is the difference in what you can do on the negative, or eccentric portion of the lift and what you can do on the positive, or concentric portion.
Take a bench press, you try to do the postitive (up portion) super-slow, you are going to be utilizing quite a bit less weight. The slower you try to go, the lower the weight you can lift. But you can handle much more weight on the eccentric (down portion) than you can on the way up. This is why people utilize slow eccentrics while keeping the concentric natural or even dynamic. You move the heaviest weight possible with the fast twitch or phasic fibers on the way up and then you take advantage of the fact you can handle more on the way down by going slow and increasing the time under tension.
The idea is that you get the best of both worlds. Sticking with optimal load. Certainly has its advantages.
I do not believe for a second in Venuto's assertion that super slow positives are just as effective or more so than super slow negatives. He does not even seem to recognize that the speed of the concentric helps dictate the type of muscle fibers utilized. It's all related. Slower concentric, lighter concentric = less work on the fast twitch or phasic fibers (our primary targets) and more work on the slow twitch.
Futher, the guy contradicts himself. (cont.)