Power Factor Training??

[kshyam]

Hey.. was reading this book called "Power Factor Training" by Peter Sisco and John Little. And was wondering if anyone was familiar with the stuff in the book... They basically use time as a measurement of how much stronger you've gotten. (So instead of saying my Benchpress is 200lbs, i might say something like its 2000lbs per minute. They take the total weight lifted and divide it by the time taken. (10reps X 200lbs X 4sets DIVIDED by total time for the excercise) Apparently its a more accurate measure of how much stonger you're getting and blah blah blah. The interesting thing is that they advocate using partial reps for ALL excercises. The logic being you can lift heavier weights when u train in your "strongest range of motion". So i was kinda wondering if anyone has any experiance with this kind of training idealogy.. and wheather its actually effective. <img src="http://www.anabolex.com/forums/images/smilies/help.gif" alt="Help" width="23" height="15"><!--graemlin::help:-->

[syphonfilter]

It is not an effective way to train if you are seeking mass. It is an effective supplement to your training. The best way to find out how effective it is, is to try their methods for yourself. I did when the idea and book first came out. You need a full range of motion to effectively build muscle, but you can implement their idea into the last set of your workout routine. Take Incline Bench Press for example: Let's say you've done 135x8, 185x8, 225x6, and then 255x4. You can do it one of two ways. You can either finish out the set after you've completed the four full reps by completing as many partial reps as you can in the top position, OR you can rack it and then add a bit of weight to your max and do a set of partials until failure. The same holds true for static contraction, it's not THE way to build muscle, it's an ADDITIONAL way to help stimulate growth, but merely holding the weight statically is not going to cause hypertrophy. Eventually, I began to lose full functional strength on the partial rep training program.

Try out the training method, see for yourself, maybe you might be that one in a million who can grow from just about anything.

When I die I want to go like my grandfather, peacefully, in my sleep, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

[kshyam]

thanks for the reply... anyone else has any ideas abt total partial rep training?? coz like some of the things he says do make sense... but then again.. anyone can say stuff and make it seem scientifically sound...

1)Is it true that the whole muscle contracts even though only a partial rep is done? Is there a difference?
2)Is it true that doing different excercies for the same muscle is useless since the muscle contracts as a whole unit?
3)Is it true that weight is the determining factor when it comes to muscle fibre recruitment?

I guess these are questions everyone has opinions too.. but is there any cold hard science out there to answer these questions??

Thanks alot everyone..
(if stuff like this has been posted b4.. sorry.. hehe.. kinda tried looking but didn't really find anythng..)

[MightyMouse1]

I have tried this type training and you do feel like f'in superman since you are using 50% more on most exercises but you become stale very quickly and bored imo, at least this was the case for me, i do incorporate incline,flat, and decline partials into my training (top portion) and find that i get a deep tissue burn that i have not found in regular chest training, i think you should incorporate some partials in your training either after the last complete rep in your set or like i do with a few exercises but i would not suggest forgoing full-range movements totally...just my .02