Poll: Weight vs form

[SpyWizard]

to answer the question..

changing your routine 3-4 weeks will cause more/greater strength gains..

1-4 moderate weight strict form
5-9 heavy weight limited range of motion strict form
10-13 anabolic training, elevated hrt rate during the whole session with strict form

static training singularly with strict form causes the max damage to the muscle fiber

good food and rest causes the repair and subsequent muscle growth.. strength to your genetic potential.. oh wait, that's a different conversation..

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Form>weight.

When you hang around guys that actually pick up REALLY heavy shit you tend to find out that they pay alot of attention to technique.

The better your technique is the stronger you will get, safer.

There is a big difference in strength level from a guy that does a scary bad half squat with 400 and a guy that does a textbook ass to grass squat with the same weight.

The Bench Press is a great example of a seemingly simple yet very complex exercise. Not complex to the degree of a barbell snatch, but far more technical than most guys realize.

When you realize that to get the absolute maximum out of your bench technique requires:

proper grip width
squeezing the bar hard
retracted shoulder blades
arched back
firm, stable foot position
squeezing the lats hard
tensing the stomach hard
squeezing your ass and hamstrings
driving your feet into the ground to wedge your upperback in even more and to get leg drive
bringing the bar down to the proper spot
elbow position when benching
pulling the bar apart to activate the triceps more when pressing
holding your air at the top and releasing it under tension right at/past the sticking point

And this is for a raw bench. Shirted benching requires it's own knowledge and practice.


and I might have missed a technique q there. That's just the bench press. Try doing a bench press that incorporates every one of those q's with a heavy weight and you will realize how much concentration it takes to do that. It's literally like a full body isometric WITH a press added in. I'm just now getting to the point that I can do about 90% of that on a very heavy bench.

If a guy is serious about getting strong and isn't genetically very gifted in general or for the bench then the better he knows his technique the more likely he will be to eventually press that big weight up and the more likely he will remain injury free.