Sal DiStefano

No, no, you're right, Adam. You're absolutely right. But the reason why we're here, the reason why there's so little education or so little discussion around isometrics is because it doesn't look as cool. It's harder to sell. So it fell out of favor and people forgot about them. But if you look at the data, there's a lot of data. There's a lot of studies on isometric contraction training.

isometrics they're fury fast and furious in a very short period of time now you'll plateau faster by the way you'll plateau you'll plateau quick faster with isometrics but that initial strength gain is ridiculous and an isometric should not be used alone that's the thing well if you use them in a routine it's like you're adding you're going to add jet fuel to your current routine is what's

isometrics they're fury fast and furious in a very short period of time now you'll plateau faster by the way you'll plateau you'll plateau quick faster with isometrics but that initial strength gain is ridiculous and an isometric should not be used alone that's the thing well if you use them in a routine it's like you're adding you're going to add jet fuel to your current routine is what's

isometrics they're fury fast and furious in a very short period of time now you'll plateau faster by the way you'll plateau you'll plateau quick faster with isometrics but that initial strength gain is ridiculous and an isometric should not be used alone that's the thing well if you use them in a routine it's like you're adding you're going to add jet fuel to your current routine is what's

So here's, here's the deal. So to be clear, a, a just isometric routine is, is applicable for a small segment of the population, like injury, uh, you know, when we're looking at risk assessment, the way isometrics should be used for most people is in conjunction or to supplement or to turbocharge their current routine. That's how you use isometrics.

So here's, here's the deal. So to be clear, a, a just isometric routine is, is applicable for a small segment of the population, like injury, uh, you know, when we're looking at risk assessment, the way isometrics should be used for most people is in conjunction or to supplement or to turbocharge their current routine. That's how you use isometrics.

So here's, here's the deal. So to be clear, a, a just isometric routine is, is applicable for a small segment of the population, like injury, uh, you know, when we're looking at risk assessment, the way isometrics should be used for most people is in conjunction or to supplement or to turbocharge their current routine. That's how you use isometrics.

And strength athletes who compete in sports where they have to, by the way, actually not even, no, I'm going to take it back. All strength sports, including bodybuilding, where you just pose, they all use isometrics. Bodybuilders use isometrics. They practice posing. Posing is isometrics, and bodybuilders will tell you posing after your workout.

And strength athletes who compete in sports where they have to, by the way, actually not even, no, I'm going to take it back. All strength sports, including bodybuilding, where you just pose, they all use isometrics. Bodybuilders use isometrics. They practice posing. Posing is isometrics, and bodybuilders will tell you posing after your workout.

And strength athletes who compete in sports where they have to, by the way, actually not even, no, I'm going to take it back. All strength sports, including bodybuilding, where you just pose, they all use isometrics. Bodybuilders use isometrics. They practice posing. Posing is isometrics, and bodybuilders will tell you posing after your workout.

Arnold used to talk about this all the time, that posing after his workout brought out, he would say, more definition, more muscle control. Powerlifters have used isometrics forever. They use yielding isometrics quite a bit. Yielding isometrics are like I lower a weight and I hold it. They're holding it, yeah. Overcoming isometrics would be me pushing against something that can't move.

Arnold used to talk about this all the time, that posing after his workout brought out, he would say, more definition, more muscle control. Powerlifters have used isometrics forever. They use yielding isometrics quite a bit. Yielding isometrics are like I lower a weight and I hold it. They're holding it, yeah. Overcoming isometrics would be me pushing against something that can't move.

Arnold used to talk about this all the time, that posing after his workout brought out, he would say, more definition, more muscle control. Powerlifters have used isometrics forever. They use yielding isometrics quite a bit. Yielding isometrics are like I lower a weight and I hold it. They're holding it, yeah. Overcoming isometrics would be me pushing against something that can't move.

Yeah, like a wall. Yeah, that activates more muscle fibers, yielding a little bit less, but both of them extremely valuable. And all the strength – Olympic lifters use isometrics. I mean, of course, the top of all of their Olympic lifts is a very strong isometric where they're holding that position.

Yeah, like a wall. Yeah, that activates more muscle fibers, yielding a little bit less, but both of them extremely valuable. And all the strength – Olympic lifters use isometrics. I mean, of course, the top of all of their Olympic lifts is a very strong isometric where they're holding that position.

Yeah, like a wall. Yeah, that activates more muscle fibers, yielding a little bit less, but both of them extremely valuable. And all the strength – Olympic lifters use isometrics. I mean, of course, the top of all of their Olympic lifts is a very strong isometric where they're holding that position.

Yes. In fact, starting your workout with isometrics is a great way to work out always. So whatever your workout is doing, if you added –

Yes. In fact, starting your workout with isometrics is a great way to work out always. So whatever your workout is doing, if you added –

Yes. In fact, starting your workout with isometrics is a great way to work out always. So whatever your workout is doing, if you added –

a couple sets of isometrics uh before you did your lifts the rest of your lifts will be more effective that's like a very easy basic general way to add isometrics uh in your training you know this supports the uh a little bit right even though i know we're not i'm not a fan of it because i think it could also cause poor recruitment patterns and it's not ideal but