a big difference in my experience in switching from powerlifting to weightlifting is how cns-intensive the latter is. usually I know I hit my day's limit based on mental fatigue, not physical
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it makes sense since both depend heavily on neuromuscular recruitment ability (most "noob gains" are improvements to this, muscle itself takes longer) but weightlifting also depends heavily on recruitment speed
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it's part of what makes it so much more exciting I think, you basically need to do a complex motion fluidly with your entire body producing as much power as possible in the span of like a tenth of a second
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The theory that slow reps are better is no longer current?
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Replying to @alicemazzy @Meaningness
there isn't one training modality that is better than all the others, different behaviors optimize for different results!
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