Article on Negatives

[Viper555]

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/bodybuilding/16693

Stumbled across this at fightauthority toady if anyone wants to read it. Kind of weird that I stumbled across it soon after thinking about doing this type of training.

[IronFist]

omg! I used to read that guy's articles when I first started lifting weights!! Remember in the other post how I talked about a caveman being able to pick a rock above his head and being able to support it? I knew I had read a quote like that somewhere before but I couldn't remember where... it was in that article that you posted:


Why is this? The most credible explanation I've heard is that it's a defense mechanism of the body. I mean, if it was the other way around we'd be in trouble. We'd be able to pick up a huge rock and hold it above our heads, but once we're there we realize that we're too weak to hold it there. Ouch.

Yeah. Good find.

[IronFist]

I just thought I'd point out again how awesome this guy is.

He writes:


Anatomy
Let's start by discussing what does NOT work. And in order to do this, we have to take a good look at the basic anatomy of your body. Let's begin with determining that the "abs," or Rectus Abdominis, is really only ONE muscle. It stretches from the bottom of your ribcage down to a low/front point on the pelvis. The "sixpack" is just sections of one, and only one, muscle. It's like your biceps, but with partitions. The only action the abs - or any muscle - can take, is to contract. And just as you can't contract HALF your bicep, you'll see that you of course cannot contract HALF your abs as well. Right here we're dispelling the age-old myth of training "upper abs" and "lower abs." I mean, hey, how could you? And if you can't see your lower abs, that just means you've got fat covering them. Sorry buddy, but you'll just have to face being like 99% of the rest of us - extreme diet is the only way to get'em out!

Yeah. :cool:

[IronFist]

Oh yeah, you can find his articles here (http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/bodybuilding).

Choose the numbers from the left (like 1-20, 21-40, etc) and then those articles appear on the right.

[shaolin kungfu]

Wow. cool find:cool:

[Ford Prefect]

This is an article by Thibadeau that mentions eccentric training. Iron, it has a picture of weight releasers.

http://www.t-mag.com/nation_articles/270super.jsp

and here is an article about eccentrics (negatives) that is great too:

http://www.t-mag.com/nation_articles/273acc.jsp

[IronFist]

Cool, Ford, I see. Thanks for the link.

[Viper555]

IF:Yeah I figured you may have read it or something similar to it when he mentioned the cave man thing.

[Viper555]

Negatives kick a$$!! I did five with 225 and my bench press already went up 10 pounds!!!

[Toby]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
and here is an article about eccentrics (negatives) that is great too:

http://www.t-mag.com/nation_articles/273acc.jsp Thibaudeau really is Vin Diesel's twin.