Slow eccentrics or isometrics in an easy position can allow neural and sometimes muscular recovery.
Poliquin - 4/0/X/0
Eccentrics recover the muscle relative to the concentric.
eg. it takes 10 muscle fibres to lift the weight but only 7 to lower it so 3 are resting. It doesn't create complete recovery but explains the longer TUT for doing 8 reps in 40 seconds versus 8 reps in 10 seconds.
Schroeder - Iso-Extremes
May help teach the body to recover the muscle and neural system while under tension. They are a mystery to me and most others.
- Adam Archuletta (Schroeders breakout athlete reportedly held 400lb at his chest for over a minute before pressing it! There is something not commonly understood about Schroeders ISO-Extremes.
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