Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up. My name is Ben Greenfield, and I'm the Get Fit Guy. Have you ever heard of super slow training? In most cases, the pitch for this style of exercise goes something like this. By lifting weights in a very slow and controlled fashion,

you can burn more fat, burn more calories, get injured less, and get stronger, faster. But are these

claims true? In this episode, you'll find out if super slow training works and if lifting weights

slowly gets you better results than other types of workouts.

Let's first take a look at what exactly super slow training actually is.

Super slow training was originally used by bodybuilders way back in the 1940s and on,

and at that time it was referred to as a muscle contraction with measured movement. It involved a 10 second lifting period, followed by a

10 second lowering period. For anybody who has ever tried to do a dumbbell curl, a squat, or a

push-up for that long a time period, you know that this can require superhuman amounts of

patients, not to mention a lot of time. In comparison, in a traditional

weight training routine, you'll typically take about one to two seconds to lift a weight and

slightly longer than that to lower the weight. But the uniqueness of super slow workouts doesn't

stop there. Rather than doing multiple sets for each body part, super slow

training typically involves just one long set for each exercise, and each set is performed

and needs to be performed until your muscles are completely fatigued. The idea behind super

slow training is that by decreasing the speed of movement, you can create

more tension in your muscles.

Theoretically, the more fatigued muscle will respond by growing, thus making you stronger

and potentially boosting your metabolism from those added lean muscle fibers.

However, studies have shown no significant difference in the amount of force your muscles produce

when regular weight training is compared to super slow training.

In addition, the only studies that have shown super slow training to result in superior

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