the GAINS thread

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Originally Posted by Skarne [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Aye I used to do heavy weight too, but I hurt my neck really bad and ever since then I don’t go too heavy (in terms of for me)

I was doing really low-rep sets (4) in all the major lifts for awhile till I heard a pop in the back of my neck near the base of my skull, followed by exertion headaches shortly into my workout for nearly a month afterward.

Now I just do 8 or 10rep sets with a slow-drop on the eccentric side of the lift, while bursting on the concentric.

You get more gains from accentuating the eccentric half of the lift than anything else, and bursting the concentric side of the lift invokes twitch fibers.