Passive Lifting

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Hey all,

The other day my workout partner introduced me to passive lifting, something which I'd never heard of before and I've been working out for a long time.

For those who don't know, passive lifting is about working with the weight not against it. For example, on a bench press, instead of pushing the weight up, you lower the bar as slowly as you possibly can towards your chest. When the bar is just above your chest, your partner lifts it back up into the starting position.

I found it to be quite difficult and two days afterwards I was still sore. But to put things in perspective, I've lifted sporadically over the winter and am only getting back into it again now.

So does anyone have any experience with this type of lifting? Does it work the muscles in adifferent way entirely? Is it better to include this as a compliment to a normal lifting program, or can it be done on its own?

Thanks guys,

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Its normally called negatives or eccentrics, I think.

Here is a T-nation article on it.

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3. There's no correlation between excessive, eccentric-induced soreness and hypertrophy.

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Personally I dont do negatives, but maybe I should so that doesnt matter...

[Doug Funnie II]

My last two reps for most exercises are negatives.

I especially like them for dumbell bench and pullups.

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My last two reps for most exercises are negatives.

I especially like them for dumbell bench and pullups.

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Same article, Pavel: (In regards to strenght training of the bench)
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5. Don't do this too often; once every week or two is enough. Zatsiorsky notes that negatives made up only 1% of the training volume of the Soviet national weightlifting team.

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Thanks guys,

Negatives, eh? That's why I couldn't find anything on google. Cheers.

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I love them, I knwo a lot of people arent proponents, but static lifting and negatives are GREAT for powerlifting. The trick is to load the bar with more than you normally lift. If you can bench 200lbs, load it with 230, and use a spotter, the slower you lower it the better. Squat is also another good one, load the bar with more than you can lift, unrack it, and just squat 6 inches, and hold.

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negative weighted dips are so money