SilentBob187
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I've always lifted very explosively myself.
More like 1-0-1. :lol:
The way it was explained to me, is that by being explosive like that, you're taking a lot of the muscle out of the lift. You're exerting more power, but you're not really activating all of the muscle.
On bench for example; if you explode up, you're taking out most of the muscle because you're only really "lifting" for that first two inches off your chest where you explode up, the rest of the way is just guiding the bar back up.
Very Basically: Training for growth(slow) vs. Training for strength/power(fast).