Negatives

[MANWHORE]

As far as negatives not working, from my limited experience I have broken through some PR's but I'm not sure what's effective with all body parts

Negatives work..
So do positives ..
Partials..
Static holds...

Negatives take more time to recover from,
So not good for athletes, fo sho .. For sure
And probably should not be a concern for beginners...

Heavy squat and deads do wonders...

If adding in slow negatives definitely do
The negative and don't bounce around
Like your down on Beat Street ..
But even then, limit them so recovery is faster,..

And I would never do only negatives
These will help after taking set to concentric failure,
Then static failure, then take the set even farther
With the negative, but I wouldn't do more than 2 of those,...
Maybe even 1

 

[radcon]

Haha, yeah I had a feeling posting anything crossfit related would create some hate. As much as a fight would be fun drama, I don't get particularly butt hurt about this stuff. I used to think they were retarded too. But this movement is more difficult and takes more strength than it appears. I personally enjoy studying movement and exploring and challenging my body with various movements and exercise disciplines and can appreciate and celebrate lots of elements of strength, athleticism, aesthetics,etc - not just the one that's my favorite or the one that I'm the best at. No worries on my part.

 

[pittbox]

I don't know what his sexual preference is for sure but that looks absolutely retarded.. No offense to anyone that enjoys this move but I don't see the need to wiggle around like a fish on a hook. That move would stir up quite a few laughs at my gym.

I've seen his wife, she's hot as shit!
Doesn't make him any less gay though.

 

[pittbox]

Manwhore is right, its just time under tension.
A 4 count is very affective.

 

[heel hook]

Combining rest/pause with heavy negatives are great, an example is after warmups ofcourse do 4-5 load the bar to 80% or so of one rep max and start from the bottom of the rack say on Bench push the bar to arms length lower the bar and try to take 10-12 seconds or what you like rest 15-30 seconds and repeat try 5-6 reps or whatever it combines rest/pause with negatives, I also like to combine that with Isometrics but then again I have a Powerlifting focus but many Bodybuilders use it too.

 

[heel hook]

Time and Tension is key for Bodybuilding but their is all kinds of ways to make it not so boring, straight sets can get boring, many of the old time Bodybuilders used rest pause with the 'one and a halfs" like on curls use a full rep, pause then do a half to the sticking point, pause return to start or curl to top, lower to mid point, pause, curl back to top then lower rinse and repeat, all kinds of ways to change things up productively just use moderation. many of the Bodybuilders back then were huge, lean and strong they were as strong as they looked.