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2/13/2006 10:28:28 AM |  Actually, research shows that moving a weight for 10 seconds has no greater benefit than moving it slowly at a 4 second cadence. I highly recommend 4 seconds up, pause 2 seconds, then take another 4 seconds to lower the weight. Doing this virtually eliminates momentum and assures thatyour muscles are acutally moving the weight.
Also, there are no additional benefits for fat loss or metabolic rate. Lean muscle burns fat, so the goal should be to build lean muscle. As for the metabolic rate, your overall activity level (daily) combined with your diet will dictate your metabolic level (physical activity level is the more direct factro).
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4/21/2003 4:42:43 PM | Super slow lifts are mostly used for strength gains and growth of muscle. If you are looking for resistance training methods that help with fat loss and increasing the metabolic rate, I would recommend super sets and drop sets. In the first, you perform a set for one muscle followed by a set for the antagonist muscle right away with out rest. That way, the first muscle exercised is recuperating while you are working on the second muscle. For drop sets, you would perform a set until failure, then continue the set by using less weight until failure. This two sets are done right away without rest as well.
If you are looking for further information about Super Slow Lifts, check out this article from the Canadian Press
http://www.cp.org/english/online/full/health/030411/x041116A.html - Eazye
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