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If you can 50 pusbups in a go, why not make it harder by slowing down the tempo?
There is a meta-analysis by Schoenfeld that discusses the effect on hypertrophy when alterating repetition duration. They found that hypertrophy is similar when training with repetition durations ...
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If you can 50 pusbups in a go, why not make it harder by slowing down the tempo?
You need to progressively overload a muscle for stimulate growth as your body adapts to the movement. Once you slow down enough, you'll be performing (essentially) a static hold. How do you progress ...
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If you can 50 pusbups in a go, why not make it harder by slowing down the tempo?
The rule is that "using a resistance so light that you could do a very large number of reps is suboptimal for hypertrophy", not that "doing high numbers of reps is suboptimal for ...
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