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In any movement, you're the strongest at the end of the range of motion. That means you're using the most of your muscle fibers as you approach the last 2-3 inches of the range. And this means your nervous system is firing at its max in order to get your muscles to deliver their max. The fastest way to increase your strength and your metabolism and to trigger growth is by activating as much neuro-muscular activity as possible. And working in that last bit of your ROM is the way to do it. Using this kind of force at the strongest part of your ROM, and activating your nervous system at that intensity, is what signals your body to get stronger. Not just your muscles, but your tendons and ligaments as well! Obviously, working in this range means you're able to apply more force. In the gym that means you could use more weight. So, for example, if you could bench press 200 pounds through a full range of motion, it's not uncommon that you could do 350, or even 400, at the end of your range (you're not locked out; your arms are still slighly bent). In fact, this is the essence of Pete Sisco's Static Contraction Training (SCT). The problem with SCT is that with some exercises, especially leg press, even small women will quickly be able to use more weight than is available in the gym! That's where the 1-Rep GymTM comes in. Since it can handle 2 TONS of force, 4,000 pounds, you won't get "bigger than the machine."
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