Time under tension

Here’s what I see for the most part when I enter he gym…”Wham-zoom, wham-zoom, wham-zoom” The “wham” being lifting the weight and the “zoom” being lowering it. This way you are only using maybe half of your muscle fibers in the muscle you are targeting and the worst part is, the type of muscle fiber (fast twitch) u are using to perform this will go away faster when you don’t workout, than the one you are not even using hah. It’s not only important to lift the weight, you have to control it on the way down. Here’s something you can use next time you hit the gym that will help you build more muscle. Let’s say you’re doing barbell curls for example: Lift the bar as fast as you can, this should last for about 1 or 2 seconds and lower the bar for 3-5 seconds. You can start with 3 on the lowering. Now don’t worry if you are not lifting it fast enough, your fast twitch muscles are still activated if you are just trying to lift it as fast as you can. Here’s a little video by Vince DelMonte to put you through this: