I've been enjoying doing very slow, bodyweight-only pullup singles for the last week or so. Here's today's. My goal for each rep is about 10 second to ascend, about 10 seconds at the top, and about 10 seconds to descend.
-S-
-S-
I've been enjoying doing very slow, bodyweight-only pullup singles for the last week or so. Here's today's. My goal for each rep is about 10 second to ascend, about 10 seconds at the top, and about 10 seconds to descend.
-S-
Here's a goal to aim for-- 60 seconds up and 60 seconds down.1 rep=2 minutes.You can do the same for dips,pushups,split squats.Excellent time under tension without chasing rep numbers.
I watched a few two-minute pullups on YouTube - it's not possible to keep moving over that distance for that amount of time, so it becomes something different.The 2min pull-up is no joke...
Yeah, that's what I had in the back of my mind as I was doing these, but I'm really just playing, maybe one rep a day, some days, up to three reps. While they take concentration, it's more than that being physically challenging, if that makes any sense - more about control. In part I say this because I don't find any lasting fatigue afterwards, and I honestly expected I would. Probably the very low volume I'm doing is the reason they feel like a fun diversion and not my usual training.That's a lot like Pavel's "Slow Fibers' Hypertrophy" template in Strong Endurance. Super slow, no acceleration, although one key difference is that it uses partial ROM with no pauses and no lockouts. The idea is to get "very deep and painful fatigue, congestion, and burn"... Not fun! But supposedly it is good for "myofibrillar hypertrophy", particularly of the slow fibers. Very good for climbers, wrestlers, others that have to hold for some duration a relatively high intensity of isometric muscle contraction.
Whatever you call it it's not easy...I watched a few two-minute pullups on YouTube - it's not possible to keep moving over that distance for that amount of time, so it becomes something different.
Yeah, that's what I had in the back of my mind as I was doing these, but I'm really just playing, maybe one rep a day, some days, up to three reps. While they take concentration, it's more than that being physically challenging, if that makes any sense - more about control. In part I say this because I don't find any lasting fatigue afterwards, and I honestly expected I would. Probably the very low volume I'm doing is the reason they feel like a fun diversion and not my usual training.
I've done them closer to 1 minute - maybe 40-45 seconds - and I've also done them with distinct pauses in a few places.
One thing I will say - one feels like the superhero "Lat Man" (or Lat Woman) when you get off the bar.
-S-
I can't argue with you on that point, at least not until I try it. I'll see about stretching out my time and report back on how it goes.Whatever you call it it's not easy...
Not a pull-up but you could try this...I can't argue with you on that point, at least not until I try it. I'll see about stretching out my time and report back on how it goes.
-Lat Man-
Not a pull-up but you could try this...
I did Super Slow (five exercises for the whole body, moving the weight as Slow as possible, one set to beyond failure, once per week) for about six months, and it nearly killed me. It was without doubt the most brutal workout I've ever undertaken. And the better you get at it the more painful it becomes.
Sounds interesting, although not fun! What sort of results did you get from it?
I've been enjoying doing very slow, bodyweight-only pullup singles for the last week or so. Here's today's. My goal for each rep is about 10 second to ascend, about 10 seconds at the top, and about 10 seconds to descend.
-S-