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Partner Assisted Reps
To stimulate optimal size and strength increases, it's
imperative that you regularly attempt the momentarily
impossible. For example, if you can curl 100 pounds for
a maximum of 10 reps, but never attempt the 11th, your
body has no reason to enlarge upon its existing
capacity. It is only by regularly attempting to go
beyond your existing capacity that inroads are made into
your body's reserves - Mike Mentzer
In other words, we as athletes must continually find a way
to push past our limits! This is where assisted reps come
into play. The process is deployed after you have reached
failure. When this has taken place, simply have your
partner assist, or take a minimal amount of the weight off
of the bar in order to allow you to continue your set.
For instance if you are benching with 225 and you go to
failure at 9 reps your partner might take you through a few
more, perhaps one or two.
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