09/26/2025
Super speeding talk to try and get it all in 😅😝 but! Great reminder that if you’re limited on weights to use- you can take what you have and make it work! Two things to focus on- SLOW, controlled, extra mind to muscle connection AND increased range of motion. Remember- there are two phases to a muscle contraction: concentric and eccentric. Concentric is the shortening of the muscle (think top of a bicep curl), eccentric is the lengthening of the muscle (bottom of the curl). If we are constantly cutting our bicep curl short on the eccentric (lengthening) phase, just to “lift heavier”…we may be missing some crucial muscle activation. So taking a weight that may be “not max heavy”, and slowing down + increase range of motion can be a game changer. I see this a lot in pull-ups as well… a full pull up should be going down to a full hang position every rep… a bend in the elbow every rep just so you can “do more”, is not necessarily beneficial.
