Anyone familiar with this program and if so what was your experience with it. Thanks.
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Really, no one? Has anyone even heard of it?
I remember it from the '90's. It uses exclusively partial reps from memory (seems like a good way to put unnecessary stress on your joints).
I used the program back when it first came out. I liked doing it at the time but eventually stopped because it hurt too much.
IDK you get really "strong" really fast doing only partial reps but it gets to the point of ridiculous like incline press: 315 for 35 partial reps - elbows and wrists would hurt too much doing the exercise. I was that guy loading up every 45 plate in the gym on the leg press machine
That style of lifting worked good as a finisher when I was doing more bodybuilding type lifting, body parts and such.
Thanks guys. I am actually looking at his new program ('10) but anything that hurts joints -- I am out.
I did it back in the day, but it's (at least for me) not very joint friendly.
I did it for about six months... didn't like it at all. I was basically putting weight on my joints that had no business being on my joints, especially in overhead pressing, bench pressing and lat pulls.
I'm really lucky I didn't injure myself.
There's a Paul Anderson workout that's a variation of it that I always thought was brilliant:
Take your 1 rep max (full range) and lift it in the strongest range. Work up to 20-40 reps -- higher reps mean more carryover to the other ranges. Instead of increasing the weights, however, increase the rep range. When you're moving this massive weight through 75% of the full range of motion test your full ROM 1RM again.
I have integrated many of Pete S. methods with great success. In the past, I added 40 lbs to my full range bench press using a brief cycle of heavy partials for a few months. I used partials exclusively and still increased my full-ROM strength in all lifts.
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