Who Benefits From a Super Slow Lifting Protocol?
While there are several natural bodybuilding cases where such a protocol has shown improved muscle mass, strength and reduction of fat, all of these cases have been on previously untrained subjects (in other words beginners). Beginners to weight training, due to the fact that their bodies have never been exposed to such stimuli, respond to virtually any weight training program. As soon as their bodies adapt to this type of training, however, further gains will cease. Does this mean that super slow training has no benefit or merit? Not at all. It really depends on who is the one that will use it. I believe that this type of training is an excellent protocol for beginners as: • It teaches them correct exercise form. • Improves the mind muscle connection by creating neural pathways between the brain and the motor units in the muscle (something that will enable the subject to have great control over their muscle fibers which in turn yields greater muscle fiber recruitment when the exercise
