Pre-Exhaustion: Science says It doesn?t work

Roid Monkey · 11-08-2009, 01:03 PM

A recent study that examined muscle activation during the bench press following the completion of dumbbell flyes found that when you bench press after doing flyes, the triceps show higher activation (i.e. were forced to work harder),not the pecs. Common “gym wisdom” is that you can do an isolation exercise prior to a compound movement and thereby force the fatigued muscle to work harder. Unfortunately, this wisdom is patently incorrect according to science (as usual).

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BigFiveFive · 11-08-2009, 04:32 PM

SOOOOOOO?

I guess ill bench and then do my flyes?

DAMN IM SMART! Give me a fuckin PHD already....!

BendtheBar · 11-08-2009, 05:53 PM

I'll pass on the flyes. I pre-exhaust my bench press with bench presses.

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Roid Monkey Roid Monkey has no status. Save Senior Member Brawn Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 163 Reputation: -57	Pre-Exhaustion: Science says It doesn?t work A recent study that examined muscle activation during the bench press following the completion of dumbbell flyes found that when you bench press after doing flyes, the triceps show higher activation (i.e. were forced to work harder),not the pecs. Common “gym wisdom” is that you can do an isolation exercise prior to a compound movement and thereby force the fatigued muscle to work harder. Unfortunately, this wisdom is patently incorrect according to science (as usual). More... Last edited by BendtheBar; 11-08-2009 at 01:08 PM.

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