I have been trying to lift slower and more intensely along the lines of what MikeCF has been saying at his blog dangerandplay.com. I think he calls it HIT.
If you don't need to brag about how much you are lifting to your friends, I think it it comes down to just how hard you are working your muscles and how fatigued you get them. I am getting better workouts by dropping my weight on the bench to 185 and doing 5 to 7 second decreases and 3 to 5 second presses for 5 to 10 reps. Then I drop and do pushups to squeeze out the last bit.
Tomorrow I may try the machines for upper body.
If you don't need to brag about how much you are lifting to your friends, I think it it comes down to just how hard you are working your muscles and how fatigued you get them. I am getting better workouts by dropping my weight on the bench to 185 and doing 5 to 7 second decreases and 3 to 5 second presses for 5 to 10 reps. Then I drop and do pushups to squeeze out the last bit.
Tomorrow I may try the machines for upper body.
Fate whispers to the warrior, "You cannot withstand the storm." And the warrior whispers back, "I am the storm."
Women and children can be careless, but not men - Don Corleone
Great RVF Comments | Where Evil Resides | How to upload, etc. | New Members Read This 1 | New Members Read This 2