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Post by billfish on Jun 24, 2019 16:47:11 GMT
Mr. Kono had laser-like focus to the immediate task. He used " Our Methods" which developed his Nerve ForceI knew it.....!
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Post by jonrock on Jun 24, 2019 18:02:30 GMT
He used " Our Methods" which developed his Nerve ForceI knew it.....! Hahaha!
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Post by mr potatohead on Jun 25, 2019 15:33:35 GMT
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Post by mr potatohead on Jul 16, 2019 3:51:41 GMT
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Post by pierinifitness on Jul 16, 2019 15:53:58 GMT
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Post by stuke on Jul 16, 2019 20:51:14 GMT
I've been adding isometrics to my workouts more and more, I really enjoy them but still intend to lift weights too. As I am still on a wrist /forearm/grip focus I do quite a bit of isometric work for them. Some months back I made a simome isometric device, a flat board with a hook which I can attach a chain and assorted handles, towels, rope etc. I stand on the board and work all sorts of muscles, but I particularly like puttin a single cable handle on at various heights and performing isometric wrist curls and reverse wrist curls at various angles.
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Post by chanduthemagician on Jul 17, 2019 4:29:44 GMT
Recent posts here about ISO's and muscle fiber activation have my head spinning. Might be time to go into Steve Justa mode for awhile and try some of the things I'm thinking about.
breakingmuscle.com/fitness/increase-your-fast-twitch-potential-with-isometrics The part with the frying pan roll had me laughing. Not at Jarrel, but awhile back Juji mofo was hanging out with Brian Shaw and they were rolling frying pans (not that hard to do, lots of lightweight pans around these days) the funny part was they tried to roll cast iron. They couldn't. Good thing. It's very hard, but brittle. Likely with enough force it would have snapped and they'd have had cut to crap hands.
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Post by mr potatohead on Jul 17, 2019 11:32:30 GMT
...... they tried to roll cast iron. They couldn't. Good thing. It's very hard, but brittle. Likely with enough force it would have snapped and they'd have had cut to crap hands.
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Post by jonrock on Jul 17, 2019 15:01:43 GMT
...... they tried to roll cast iron. They couldn't. Good thing. It's very hard, but brittle. Likely with enough force it would have snapped and they'd have had cut to crap hands. Hahaha!
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Post by macky on Jul 17, 2019 19:34:31 GMT
Recent posts here about ISO's and muscle fiber activation have my head spinning. Might be time to go into Steve Justa mode for awhile and try some of the things I'm thinking about. Steve Justa is the Master of Anecdotalism.
After all the "scientific" data and "conclusions", anecdotal evidence is the ultimate proof of whether what you're doing is working well or not.
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Post by chanduthemagician on Jul 17, 2019 21:57:03 GMT
Recent posts here about ISO's and muscle fiber activation have my head spinning. Might be time to go into Steve Justa mode for awhile and try some of the things I'm thinking about. Steve Justa is the Master of Anecdotalism.
After all the "scientific" data and "conclusions", anecdotal evidence is the ultimate proof of whether what you're doing is working well or not.
What I most admire about Steve is his focus. Most of us try something and if within a week we don't have 20 inch guns, write it off. He persists and observes for a long enough period of time.
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Post by macky on Jul 18, 2019 0:27:22 GMT
Steve Justa is the Master of Anecdotalism.
After all the "scientific" data and "conclusions", anecdotal evidence is the ultimate proof of whether what you're doing is working well or not.
What I most admire about Steve is his focus. Most of us try something and if within a week we don't have 20 inch guns, write it off. He persists and observes for a long enough period of time. He's also a good example to others who wish to employ isometrics (particularly Overcoming) as almost their stand-alone method of training, as Steve does. Not that Yielding isometrics have no value, they certainly do, but from what I've seen of Justa's training, it's mainly Overcoming isometrics.
His Iron Isometrics book for me was liberating as far as "anything goes, try it" is concerned, especially Hold Times, an area which I believe has the greatest scope for experimentation in overcoming isometrics. I had previously experimented with various hold-times to an extent, 20-30 second max holds and 90 second sub-max etc, but apart from ramped holds which he does not discuss, he seems to have tried almost every combination possible, with various sub-max levels of effort not usually seen in overcoming isometrics.
All this is a departure from the 6,7 or 10 second max hold "after which there is no benefit" general belief/theme since the 50's and Justa wasn't the only one to break the "tradition", but his book (which is available to read in the Training Publications section of this site) has gone further inasmuch as his overall attitude to training, and his theories which may not be scientifically true (they may be!) but are certainly his own.
Another aspect of the book which appealed to me was the general lack of any spick and span surroundings in his photos, and his appearance. He made no attempt to climb into clean bright gym-wear and one or two of his "jackets" look like they've been hacked out with a knife :-)
In other words, forget the formalities. Get out there in the back yard in what you're wearing and get stuck in. There's no doubt that Steve Justa is powerfully strong. Any "ordinary" home trainer cannot expect to match some of his strength feats, nor the duration of some of his workouts. But the methods are there, and along with learning last year (via Silverlooks) of the 30-30-30 ramped holds, Steve's book contains Justa bout everything you need to know on overcoming iso's.
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Post by gruntbrain on Jul 18, 2019 1:06:33 GMT
Experiment with a Suspension Trainer . Using such setup allows for a limitless variety of isometric strength stretches and static contractions .
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Post by stuke on Jul 18, 2019 21:56:39 GMT
I took an awful lot from Steve's books. One of the main things was that you don't need to perform a full range of motion to get a lot out of an exercise. Whether that means partial reps with a heavy weight or an isometric hold, you don't have to do everything with a full range. This was a big realisation for me after lifting for so many years.
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Post by Bob50 on Jul 19, 2019 0:26:11 GMT
I took an awful lot from Steve's books. One of the main things was that you don't need to perform a full range of motion to get a lot out of an exercise. Whether that means partial reps with a heavy weight or an isometric hold, you don't have to do everything with a full range. This was a big realisation for me after lifting for so many years. I've recently also realized that for more effective training muscles should not have a break through the set . They should keep ~constant high muscle tension (80-90% of max). It is possible only if we use the partial ROM or isometrics.
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