Hi guys, my question is regarding the reasons why overload training is useful for strength and hypertrophy. I’m talking about utilizing implements like the slingshot or partial ROM with more weight. If you can provide some data backing up this would be awesome, and and example of how to program it aswell. Thanks!
Overload training can be useful for improving strength due to neural improvements and some structural adaptations. There’s not really good data suggesting that hypertrophy outcomes are improved with overload training and they are worse, in general, when the ROM is compromised.
There is plenty of data on both topics that we present on at the seminar, but I’d like to encourage your own scientific curiosity and see what you can find.
As far as programming goes, our templates are representative examples of how we currently program overload variations.
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Can you explain some of this neural and structural adaptations?
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In terms of hypertrophy I hypothesized that something like the slingshot which still allows full rom (although load is diminished at the bottom) will overload the triceps at the top since it’s more weight than you can handle for a regular bench, and typically the triceps are more of a limiting factor at the end of the ROM in a bench press
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I couldn’t find any convincing data on this, so I was hoping you can provide some for me to learn
Thanks Jordan!!!