Is Constant Tension Training Legit? Cryotherapy Completely Debunked
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Date: 2019-11-06
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Antonio Perez
Hi Jeff, I'm a new viewer and have found your stuff really helpful and impressive. I scanned your videos, but could find anything regarding science behind macro counts for diet. Specifically in the category of protein consumption. Reason being is that I've experienced difficulty consuming my same calorie count as normal when changing up my macros to a higher protein consumption. I went from a 40-40-20 to about a 50-30-20 (p-c-f. I found it interesting because I read that protein sends signals to the brain that you're more full since protein takes longer to break down than carbohydrates. Just some food for thought that may help out many of your viewers, and be a solid topic for a new video. Thanks and have a great 4th of July
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Hi Jeff, I'm a new viewer and have found your stuff really helpful and impressive. I scanned your videos, but could find anything regarding science behind macro counts for diet. Specifically in the category of protein consumption. Reason being is that I've experienced difficulty consuming my same calorie count as normal when changing up my macros to a higher protein consumption. I went from a 40-40-20 to about a 50-30-20 (p-c-f. I found it interesting because I read that protein sends signals to the brain that you're more full since protein takes longer to break down than carbohydrates. Just some food for thought that may help out many of your viewers, and be a solid topic for a new video. Thanks and have a great 4th of July
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OlympusFit
Great video. I would like to point out that the constant tension study was only 1 study and cannot be taken into absolutes as if constant tension IS better. I'd also argue these results may be specific to the short-term. I am also questioning the external validity, which you implied, because the skullcrusher is not the same as let's say a bench press. My take is to continue using a full ROM until there is substantial evidence supporting constant tension, which seems to have more evidence and theory against it.
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Great video. I would like to point out that the constant tension study was only 1 study and cannot be taken into absolutes as if constant tension IS better. I'd also argue these results may be specific to the short-term. I am also questioning the external validity, which you implied, because the skullcrusher is not the same as let's say a bench press. My take is to continue using a full ROM until there is substantial evidence supporting constant tension, which seems to have more evidence and theory against it.
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Dii Aleksic
Jeff cavalier (if i spelled correctly) has a video about this partial ROM. He was talking about cable pulldowns, and how, when cable is connected above you, and you lock your hands at the bottom, basically all of force your triceps is fighting is now gone, because your forearms are parallel to the force and therefore it is not much better for muscle growth than just squeezing your triceps. So when working out you should alwayd think about the motion, and look at it from some other perspective
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Jeff cavalier (if i spelled correctly) has a video about this partial ROM. He was talking about cable pulldowns, and how, when cable is connected above you, and you lock your hands at the bottom, basically all of force your triceps is fighting is now gone, because your forearms are parallel to the force and therefore it is not much better for muscle growth than just squeezing your triceps. So when working out you should alwayd think about the motion, and look at it from some other perspective
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Devin Kreuzer
How is it that the bench press works your triceps? My understanding is that the triceps make the forearm move around the elbow, which would be the axis of rotation. Since the forearm is usually perpendicular to the floor, and the weight pointing down directly toward the elbow and parallel to the joint (forearm, it seems to me there's no torque that the tricep would have to counter, and it is therefore not doing any work or being stimulated by the weight of the bar
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How is it that the bench press works your triceps? My understanding is that the triceps make the forearm move around the elbow, which would be the axis of rotation. Since the forearm is usually perpendicular to the floor, and the weight pointing down directly toward the elbow and parallel to the joint (forearm, it seems to me there's no torque that the tricep would have to counter, and it is therefore not doing any work or being stimulated by the weight of the bar
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Muscle Doggs
Jeff, I know that this is an old video, but I feel that glossing over constant tension training just doesn't give this method much justice. At the end of the day, having an excruciating level of muscle tension that lasts a long time (30+ seconds) is a huge driver of muscle growth. Just look at the arms of Olympic ring athletes. Honestly, I feel that a combination of heavy weight lifting and constant tension training will lead to the best results.
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Jeff, I know that this is an old video, but I feel that glossing over constant tension training just doesn't give this method much justice. At the end of the day, having an excruciating level of muscle tension that lasts a long time (30+ seconds) is a huge driver of muscle growth. Just look at the arms of Olympic ring athletes. Honestly, I feel that a combination of heavy weight lifting and constant tension training will lead to the best results.
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Todd Studer
When was the cold water immersion performed in these studies? Dr. Rhonda Patrick says that doing this during the first hour or two after exercise would be very counterproductive since the inflammatory processes created by the muscle damage incurring during resistance training would thereby be muted. It would be similar to taking high levels of antioxidants prior to our during your workout -- no bueno for hypertrophy.
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When was the cold water immersion performed in these studies? Dr. Rhonda Patrick says that doing this during the first hour or two after exercise would be very counterproductive since the inflammatory processes created by the muscle damage incurring during resistance training would thereby be muted. It would be similar to taking high levels of antioxidants prior to our during your workout -- no bueno for hypertrophy.
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Thommy Weitz
am i a nerd when i start smiling when i hear the word cytokine and its an important word of my study of immunology? guess so. :Dand i just realised i understand you better now compared to a time like half a year ago. maybe it's just accustom to your voice or you improved my english skills about the topic of sport sciences. anyway thanks for that. great video, and keep doing it: ) greets
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am i a nerd when i start smiling when i hear the word cytokine and its an important word of my study of immunology? guess so. :Dand i just realised i understand you better now compared to a time like half a year ago. maybe it's just accustom to your voice or you improved my english skills about the topic of sport sciences. anyway thanks for that. great video, and keep doing it: ) greets
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Rory Denham
lol i like these vids but it's funny that most of the content here is to sound smart, so when you explain the applications of all the sceince, people will hopefully just take your word for it. i mean there really is no points for putting a study count in the title (12 studies) or (15 studies) people here know that right? You're essentially just paraphrasing sceintific reviews
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lol i like these vids but it's funny that most of the content here is to sound smart, so when you explain the applications of all the sceince, people will hopefully just take your word for it. i mean there really is no points for putting a study count in the title (12 studies) or (15 studies) people here know that right? You're essentially just paraphrasing sceintific reviews
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Nick Honey
Yes with skull crushers if you to go vertical you take tension off the muscle but it is fully contracted. You want to have your arms fully extended at the elbow but the bar is just past your head not above it, this means it will be fully contracted which is what you want for motor neuron recruitment, but there is still tension on the muscle because of the bar position.
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Yes with skull crushers if you to go vertical you take tension off the muscle but it is fully contracted. You want to have your arms fully extended at the elbow but the bar is just past your head not above it, this means it will be fully contracted which is what you want for motor neuron recruitment, but there is still tension on the muscle because of the bar position.
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