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Strength training and Muscle building / Re: Content wish list
Last post by Cate -
Thanks for that, Llama. I think we have a different attitude in Australia towards lots of things & I was just trying to kick-start some ideas for Tru as she is so keen to share her knowledge, as I know you are too. We have some great places to start. Hopefully I'll get to see an EP who isn't so cute!
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Strength training and Muscle building / Re: Content wish list
Last post by Llama -
I didn't mean to make it sound like you didn't understand your doctor's instructions Cate, and I'm sorry for that. I wanted to use it as an example for how people are just reading along here could misunderstand because they lack the context you have.
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Strength training and Muscle building / Re: Content wish list
Last post by Cate -
I think I just said what my cardio told me as an example & I would not expect to get personalised instructions here when I can go see an exercise physiologist as part of my health plan. My cardio demonstrated what he meant & what he meant was not lifting something that weighed any more than 5 kg upwards in front of me as my aneurysm could burst. It was good that he told me that & I am much more careful about what I lift & how I lift.
I liked being asked by Tru what sort of topics we are interested in seeing in this section. I don't usually ask questions about weight-lifting or strength training as I don't want to appear totally ignorant about it all. I have gone through my life so far without going to a gym so have no idea about terminology & stay schtum from fear of looking like an idiot.
When I saw the EP as part of the health plan I showed off. He was cute, he was from Brazil & instead of getting real help, which I need, I pretended I didn't really need it. You two know me better. I could see who is available & see if he has moved on, but that could be fairly embarrassing. I might do it anyway. I don't think anyone likes admitting that they need help but I do.
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Weight Loss / Re: 190's club
Last post by Andrew -
@Marsia Thanks!
@Llama  You will be out of 190 club soon. Chances are I will be in here a long time so I will get to see you off to 180s when the time comes.
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Strength training and Muscle building / Isometric Training
Last post by Trusylver -

Isometric training with the muscle in a lengthened position has been shown to have a good carryover to RFD (rate of force production), force production at all angles and increased 1 RM.  long muscle length training results in greater transference to dynamic performance compared to training at a short muscle length.

To increase muscle hypertrophy, Isometric strength training (IST) should be performed at 70-75% of maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) with sustained contraction of 3-30 s per repetition, and total contraction duration of>80-150 s per session. To increase maximum strength, IST should be performed at 80-100% MVC with sustained contraction of 1-5 s, and total contraction time of 30-90 s per session