I saw this book in the bookstore about static contractions...

[gonelifting]

well 40% sounds about right. You will see that with someone helping, you can actually lower more weight in the concentric/negative part of the movement compared to the eccentric/positive. These work simply by not taxing the cross connections of the muscle,

I`m totally not trying to be an ass, but Is`nt concentric the positive? and eccentric the negative? Please correct ME if I`m wrong. We don`t want to lead others down the wrong path either.

Just trying to get the facts right.

 

[Torstein]

con is positive

 

[rjl296]

I`m totally not trying to be an ass, but Is`nt concentric the positive? and eccentric the negative? Please correct ME if I`m wrong. We don`t want to lead others down the wrong path either.

Just trying to get the facts right.

i dont feel bad, b/c.
i didnt write it, i was from the link i posted

but yes, con is positive

 

[Tarheel]

Statics are also a good way of training a sticking point. Set the bars in a power rack right below the sticking point, and do static holds right around that level.

Statics and isometric contractions are both good accessories to increasing strength (you can actually gain slightly more/faster with isometrics according to Science and Practice of Strength Training) but you only make those gains at that one point in the ROM instead of the whole length.