Howell88
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power factor training was new when I was still a competitive power lifter but the concept of partials to break plateaus was very very old. Power factor training was a very new way to measure PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD. As well as partials, static holds PF let you measure increments of overload in a way that you could see MINUTE increases in TIME as well as pure weight lifted.
We don't "lift weights" we train with progressive overload to achieve changes in PERFORMANCE, STRENGTH, BODY MASS PF let's one measure even minute increases thus allowing us to see that our "program" is working to achieve those goals.
I have reached, in the past, a point that my intensity on leg workouts reached such levels that with my day job (construction) I reduced leg training frequency to once a week, then once in 10 days and for a 6 month stretch, where I eventually passed the 700# squat mark I was training legs intensely only once in every 12 days.
I see value in the construction of these programs for natural athletes or those with jobs that are physically strenuous .
However, our bodies are miraculous feats of evolutionary engineering. The human body is capable of running 26 MILES in the same amount of time it takes to watch a movie. It's capable of range of motion that allows us to touch every part of our body; even a dog can't do that; hehe.
Static contractions focus would seem to me anyway to be a limiting overload exercise program. This is my OPINION as I've not tried it and it's not in me to try it.
I'd love to see someone who has actually done it and has some real life data to support it's efficacy though.
Hey OP thanks so much for posting that; it's greatly appreciated.