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I have always been about lifting properly (proper form) but I have never been about doing strict. I believe if your to strick you can injure yourself. However there is a hughe difference between proper lifting and sloppy lifting and I think this is where you guys differ in your argument. I also believe that after you have hit the wall it is ok to cheat to get in that extra rep or two. Again not to the extreme where injury can occcur, just to where you can max out the set. I guess in conparison to most clowns in the gym i have superior form but again if i have to bend, arch, grunt, scream, whatever it takes to get up that last rep I will, just not to the point where I think I will injure myself.

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Maybe you guys are taking it too far. I'm not saying, nor is the article saying that it's ok to arch your back all the way to bench press more weight of bend backwards to do a few more curls. The article is saying that you do what your body naturally wants to do (ie a natural slight swing doing barbell curls or leaning a little back for pulldowns) The article is saying to use a little english to put up more weight and take away injury. Of course you need a happy medium of the two or else you'll either injure yourself, look like an idiot, or plateau...

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Personally, I like to start off all of my work-out's with really bad form. Every rep is done with a huge, over dramatic swinging motion (occaissionally, I even take a running start to a dumbell curl). It may not be great form, but I do lat pull downs, I often swing a leg over the bar, if I can't get it down with me arms. That or I use my entire bodyweight, but hanging from the bar.

I like to warm down by doing a set of 5 girl push-ups, and 5 knee bent leg lifts. Then I have someone else run on the treadmill for my cardio work out.

Kidding!