Health, fitness, gains and wellbeing

[OriginalContentGuy]

Originally Posted by strongNpretty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dude, I love the idea of an enhanced league for all sports.. The idea of humans pushing themselves to the absolute limit in what the human body can do would be awesome.. I mean yeah the health issues and injuries would be brutal, buuuuuuut........ that's not my problem...

I'm sure you must have heard but Enhanced Games what in a week from now? What's new witchu?

[OriginalContentGuy]

Originally Posted by Duik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Regarding squats/general gyming...

Dropping slowly gives the muscle a negative contraction component. A bit like the PNF stretch mechanism. You gain on the up and the down motion.

You are at the gym for 2 hours why only workout for ½ of that time. Maybe things have changed since i learnt my skillz.

You are describing eccentric versus concentric contraction. Consider the hamstrings in a squat. Someone correct me but In the down of a squat your hamstrings are contracting but the muscle bellies are lengthening as you reach the bottom. In a concentric contraction (the up part) the hamstrings contract but the muscle belly is shortening. There is also an isometric contraction where the muscle is contracting without an up or a down. All three are different stimuli and produce slightly different adaptations. Eccentric contraction tends to cause more soreness but like you said you gain on the up and the down. A practical upshot of knowing this is that if you are just sore as fuck but need to train something you can just do the concentric part of a movement hard as a workaround.