Arnold Says…
I missed posting this last week so I’m posting this one early this week and will probably do a make up one Thursday or Friday.
On Negative Training Arnold Says…
“Whenever you lift weight using the contractile force of your muscle you perform what is defined as a positive movement; when you lower the weight, extending the working muscle, you perform negative movement. Negative repetitions actually put more stress on the tendons and supportive structures than on the muscles themselves. This is beneficial because you want tendon strength to increase along with muscle strength.”
Source: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The New Encyclopedia Of Modern Bodybuilding.
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2 opinions for Arnold Says…
lotusmomma
Dec 11, 2007 at 7:35 pm
hmmmm……and this is healthy?
Scott
Dec 11, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Absolutely. Sorta like doing squats. The downward movement is just as important as the upward pushing movement the strengthen the muscles.
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