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I have a question that occurred to me today. Lets use push-ups as an example.

Is it more productive to do as many repetitions as possible at a normal speed or to do them slowy, forcing your muscles to work harder for every bit of movement? Slow movement seems to burn muscles out much faster so I'm curious. Thanks in advance.

Oh and pic unrelated.
>> Anonymous
dunno i always wonder the same thing
anyone here have an idea?
>> Anonymous
slowly
>> Anonymous
Op here. I forgot to mention that it's not the same amount of each method. Just until your muscles feel done.
>> Anonymous
>>440974
*OP
sorry
>> Anonymous
>>440959
Neither. Lift heavy stuff.
>> Anonymous
>>440980
My question applies to lifting weights as well :/
>> Anonymous
>>440983
In that case, fast. When you lift slow, you're just wearing yourself out with submaximal weight. It just burns you out faster, making you use lighter weights to be able to complete your set.
>> Anonymous
doing it slow wears out your tendons
>> Anonymous
Yeah it's called using tempo, all bodybuilders do it. Unless you're training to be a powerlifter you should start keeping track of tempo on your movements, like 3-4 seconds descending.
>> Anonymous
>>441006
>>441010
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You do it slowly for control! Unless you're figuring that he means doing it EXTREMELY SLOW, doing it slowly is much better than speeding through it...
>> Anonymous
>>441013
Slow is slow. He asked slow versus normal speed, and the verdict is normal (which would be considered fast compared to slow).
>> Anonymous
Time under tension and tempo method are bullshit, it might get you a better pump, but if you think that's important then you're a faggot.

2 seconds up, 4 seconds down and other nonsense was invented by people who owned machines with weight stacks that they wanted to last longer.
>> CWheezy !!bJFrM5LONOF
>>441017
Homie is right, lifting it as fast as you can will usually be he most beneficial.

Lifting slowly gets your muscles better at lifting...slowly.

(Side note, powerlifters don't lift slowly, they lift as fast as they can every time, it's the just that the weight is so much that it moves slowly)
>> Anonymous
Do a slow set, a normal set, and a fast set, not necessarily in that order.
>> Anonymous
OP is now a bit confused by mixed responses but normal speed seems to be the general verdict. I guess I'll stick with that for now, since there can't be anything wrong with it, and look for more info later. But thanks for the input regardless.
>> Anonymous
>>441029
>>441006

Wrong.

Powerlifters and weightlifters lift fast when possible during because it's easier to get a heavy weight up if you use momentum - and during competitions their main goal is get a heavy lift.

When they are trying to increase their strength they will use slow movement.

Slow lifting stresses the muscle much more than fast lifting (and muscle stress triggers gains) - especially considering most of the people who work out as fast as possible don't do any resistance on the negative, so they are essentially doing half the lift.
>> Anonymous
Max Efforts
Sub-maximum Efforts
Dynamic Efforts
Repeated Efforts

DO THEM!
>> OP Anonymous
>>441039
Disregard what I said, this answer seems most logical. Thanks anon.
>> Anonymous
>>441048
OP, you are now an idiot.

Please read this informative post:
>>441045

As for this post:
>>441029
Lifting slowly makes you better at lifting slow AND fast.

Lifting fast makes you better at...nothing, actually, seeing as you get about half the workout of lifting slow, or less.

Please don't listen to them about lifting fast. I really don't want to have to deal with another noob at the gym that's doing it wrong.
>> Anonymous
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>>441046
Westside 'till I die.
>> Anonymous
>>441045
has absolutely ZERO understanding of the nervous system, muscles, and physics in regards to the development of absolute strength.

total fail
>> Anonymous
>>441166

Apparently he knows more than you, since your post contained even less than a debatable knowledge of nervous system, muscles, and physics in regards to the development of absolute strength.

You, friend, are the total fail.
>> Anonymous
>>441166
Perhaps you could provide some enlightenment on the subject rather then darting in here like an asshole.

and no i'm not>>441045
>> Anonymous
>>441166

Actually he's right and probably one of the few people on this board that knows what the fuck they're talking about.
>> Anonymous
>>441178
this
>> Anonymous
>>441176
>"dont even know that you dont know"
>> Anonymous
do it fast because its easier
>> Anonymous
fast as possible up, down with as much control as possible. If it's light or bodyweight, bring it down slower. If you're lifting heavy, just bring it down as controlled as you can ie. don't drop the fucking bar or bounce it off your chest