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Old 08-22-2008, 01:16 PM
Andrew.cook Andrew.cook is offline
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I personally find DE work to be... difficult on many levels. What I find is that in my own training I already accelerate the bar. When I drop too much weight I find that I lose a lot of tightness in my lift. Without sufficient resistance I either need to dial back, or I end up out of whack because I no longer have enough feedback from the weight. I'm not talking about loads of 30% either, but around 50% I already lose a feel for the bar. So low weight low rep work ends up being wasted time for me. My suspicion is that it is a much better tool when you are an elite level (or very accomplished) powerlifter, as working at 50% of a 900lb squat will be a VERY different feel from working at 50% of a 350lb squat. Maybe I'm way off there. RE work, on the other hand, has very good feedback, feel and results for me.

More thoughts on this Monday but it is time to go home.
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