http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/ Explosive Fitness-SCT- MIT-1 REP GYM Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:15 GMT hyprcption@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4573 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4573 Let us know how well he does if he tries again. Fully adapted human musculature should be able to generate static holds of 4x body weight per leg based on my Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:09:48 GMT smkyrouac http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4572 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4572 About a year ago, I had a discussion with a college football player as to the potential benefits of partial range of motion and static contraction exercises. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:27:57 GMT mrkllyd http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4571 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4571 I Googled "XF 7000": The 1st listing included new grips & "One Ton Hooks", for $500. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:31:28 GMT rvc325 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4570 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4570 BigHEnterprises@... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:56:45 GMT smkyrouac http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4569 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4569 Sounds encouraging. What has happened to your weight, measurements, strenght, etc? Fill us in, James. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:36:11 GMT james_p_ashby http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4568 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4568 WOW 10/11/09 Exercise/Weight (lbs)/Time Under Load (TUL) (sec)/Index delta Chest Press/173 +18%/69 -32%/-6% Prone Row/153 +13%/65 -33%/-24% Shoulder Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:21:55 GMT james_p_ashby http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4567 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4567 WOW 9/30/09 Exercise/Weight (lbs)/Time Under Load (TUL) (sec)/Index delta Chest Press/134lb -14%/101 +43%/+8% Prone Row/123 +21%/97 -2%/+21% Shoulder Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:09:33 GMT hyprcption@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4566 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4566 1. How do each of you define success? I define success based on measured timely progress towards a very specific goal. For SCT, this means incremental as well Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:33:57 GMT smkyrouac http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4565 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4565 1. How do each of you define success? 2. Has any one tried a squat on the 1 Rep or the Streamline? -If so, any problems? -How did your gains compare to leg Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:37:03 GMT hyprcption@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4564 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4564 Alex In response to your questions: 1. "That's definetely a success in weight reduction. But hold on. You are saying that you have got last 10% of strength Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:28:21 GMT Alex Pilosov http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4563 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4563 That's definetely a success in weight reduction. But hold on. You are saying that you have got last 10% of strength increase in 90% of your program duration Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:12:03 GMT hyprcption@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4562 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4562 Hey, folks!? I don't have a meter, but I've used a digital scale to calibrate maximum hold forces (roughly) on Smith machine and Leg press. These forces are Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:46:11 GMT smkyrouac http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4561 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4561 James a couple observations. If following a BBS protocol with statics, I believe the concept would be to hold a weight (or press at a level) that would cause Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:47:41 GMT Alex Pilosov http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4560 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4560 I think TUL could not be set in stone and should be found experimentally for every trainee. Besides mental inclinations there is obviously the other factor in Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:19:53 GMT james_p_ashby http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4559 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explosive_Fitness/message/4559 ... I am using the EF SL Digital machine because I have it and it is convenient. With one machine I can do multiple exercises including heavy leg press.