Originally Posted by
Kevin73
I will have to find the study, but I just recently read study about the benefits of dynamic tension. Basically the study showed that it did not increase muscle size, if trained as an isometric exercise it was beneficial in increasing strength at the point of the hold to help athletes get over their sticking points.
Like I said, it has its purpose as a small component of a strength training program.
For example, if someone has a sticking point in the middle of their bench press (meaning the bar gets stuck halfway up), specific isometric exercises (which is different than dynamic tension) done at certain angles may help them overcome that sticking point by building strength specifically at that angle.
Let me specifically point out the following from that example:
1) isometric is different from dynamic tension. Isometric is pushing against an immoveable force. Dynamic tension is your muscles contracting against themselves and both the muscle and its antagonist are contracting.
2) that is used as a small percentage of the strength training program, eg., overcoming a specific sticking point on a specific exercise
None of this means doing dynamic tension will make you bigger and/or stronger.
I can't remember the last part of it, but it had to do with increasing beneficial hormones in the body that would help with recuperation and muscle building when coupled with traditional lifting techniques.
All exercises increase hormones. People get all hung up on what exercise does it the most. It's not going to make a big enough difference, so just do the exercises that benefit you the best. Whatever exercise you're doing to increase those hormones, you're still getting the benefit of working the muscles, too.
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