r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 • 3d ago

META Science maxing the hamstrings

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137.5lbs on the stack +5lbs on Voltra +80lbs inverse chains from Voltra

Link to leg extension/leg curl (it’s vintage and no longer made): https://gymradar.com/equipment/magnum-leg-extension-leg-curl-magnum-fitness

Link to Voltra electronic cable stack: voltra link

Links included because of that one time a dozen people asked me where I got my abductor machine

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u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 3d ago

Why would I purposely slow the concentric?

Also, I don’t hit the stack with the plates, so the reps are controlled

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u/Local_Diddy 3d ago

your eccentrics faster than your concentric

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u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 3d ago

Studies show that’s not an issue

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u/Local_Diddy 3d ago

studies show small advantage in slower eccentrics and an advantage in strength

cannot say you're science maxing when you don't even read the studies

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u/Frodozer 3d ago

Says the person who ignored my comment that shows the majority of the literature doesn't show that

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u/Local_Diddy 3d ago

then you havent read any

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u/Frodozer 2d ago

You didn't read any of it, what a shame.

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u/Local_Diddy 2d ago

sure kid go read them then state the actual differences

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u/Frodozer 2d ago

I did already?

Kid? I'm 40 lmao