Gravity Training

[Novelist557]

I saw dragon ball z and I saw one of the guys use a gravity room. I don't know of a real one that exists but why not use the one we have got. I always hear trainers and training books say take your time gravity is not your enemy.

My question is which one would be more efficient when you want to build power: taking 3 times longer to go up and down than you would usually or going as fast as you can?

I've applied the slow method to pushups, sit-ups, squats, dead lifts. Practically to evrything you have to lift something up. I love experimenting with training techniques and would like to hear if it would be beneficial to building power in the long run.

 

[Sleekgiant]

...? *recalls DBZ* Oh that gravity room, all that would do is just build up resistance, its not about speed its about how much weight. If you want to intensify a workout grab some wieghts like when sit ups put extra weight on your chest, thus you are lifting more and exerting more force on your muscles. Speed is not a factor in a workout, its all about repetition and resistance.

 

[DividedUnity]

I dont know what a gravity room is but I assume its some sort of enhanced gravity area for physical exercise.

The only thing I know of that experiemnts with gravity is that plane the astronauts use to train the one that flies at a strange angle so that it creates a weightless environment inside the plane.

OT: I guess you could just add more weight

 

[Sleekgiant]

I dont know what a gravity room is

It is a fictional room in DBZ where you can increase the force of gravity, thus making you heavier

 

[Novelist557]

I thought about something like weighted clothes and heard that it's really bad for your joints so I'm trying to doing more of a workout without adding weight and causing joint problems

 

[Altorin]

I thought about something like weighted clothes and heard that it's really bad for your joints so I'm trying to doing more of a workout without adding weight and causing joint problems

pretty much this

the anime logic is that the only thing keeping you from flying into the air is that you're training under the earth's gravity. Like if we trained on earth's gravity, then went to the moon, we could fly. The idea that training under heavier gravity would do much more then bust all your joints is probably just fantasy.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Youd get the same effect from wearing angle and wrist weights while you run.

 

[Johnnyallstar]

I use weighted vests for minimal impact workouts. They're bad for your joints when you're making impact on them, because you're putting exponentially more force on your joints when wearing it. I use it for pull ups, push ups and a few other non-impact related exercises.

When lifting though, it really depends on what your strategy is. Are you building bulk, or tone? If you want bulk you'll want to crank out hard heavy reps. If you want tone or lean muscle, you lighten the load and make long slow reps.

Low rep/high weight for power, high rep/low weight/duration reps for endurance.

 

[Deleric]

Oh god.

(400 FUCKING TIMES GRAVITY OMFGFKGOEAGRKVNOEIKVEOKGNOWARAAAAAAAHHHTESTOSTERONEGKAOIRGOFVJBOIW)

Uh huh.

Well, in modern days we just add more weights onto the body. And of course the more you stress the body the more adapt the muscles become. So yeah, gravity training would be the shiznit. The problem is being able to keep the foundation...alive.

 

[Kelbear]

I saw dragon ball z and I saw one of the guys use a gravity room. I don't know of a real one that exists but why not use the one we have got. I always hear trainers and training books say take your time gravity is not your enemy.

My question is which one would be more efficient when you want to build power: taking 3 times longer to go up and down than you would usually or going as fast as you can?

I've applied the slow method to pushups, sit-ups, squats, dead lifts. Practically to evrything you have to lift something up. I love experimenting with training techniques and would like to hear if it would be beneficial to building power in the long run.

To build power? Neither.

Instead you should go "up" as fast as you can, then take 3 times longer to go "down". You need powerful fast-twitch muscle fibers to get the momentum going, and slow-twitch fibers to keep it going. Going "down" properly is just as important as going "up", otherwise you're skipping half the exercise.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

It depends on how you want to train your muscles, if you train fast they'll be trained on speed, but they'll be smaller.
[sup]I had to use that method when I still did martial arts...[/sup]
If you do it slow, you'll train power, resulting in bigger muscles.
Of course, the speed thing was entirely without weights, but that can still get pretty tiresome when you've been doing it for a few hours...