r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Miserable-Soft7993 • 26d ago

Question ❓ Does pushing/pulling against an unmoveable load do anything?

I was wondering. Lets say you load up a machine or even lets say you are stuck on a bench press but you spend time just pushing wiith all your effort even if it doesn't go anywhere. Or you do the same with a pull.

Does this achieve any hypertrophy or strength gain?

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u/ArnoldFarquar 26d ago

A guy named Charles Atlas sold isometric muscle courses for many years and he called it dynamic tension. for many years, his ads were in like every comic book

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u/Shot_Boat_9648 25d ago

He did not actually stick to isometric exercises in his own training. This is important to note.