DE Upper – 9.6.10

Charlie.. any description on your plans/template/reasoning behind the “air”. I’m unfamiliar with the usage or any of it’s application. I could see it being a little easier on the joints.

As far as the programming, for DE, I am just going by bar speed. I have no clue how to come up with percentages for Prilepin.

Whether it’s easier on the joints or not
The company line with air resistance is that it does not follow the laws of intertia as plates and chains.
With mass resistance, objects in motion tend to stay in motion, so as you get good bar speed moving of any weight, the bar wants to keep moving. Aside from the each movement or joint’s force curve making the lift easier @ different angles, when you use air, the resistance is always the same throughout the lift. That can be very useful in developing strength throughout the full curve.

I have access to it, so I am going to use it as long as it feels good.

With the racks though, the cost is prohibitive. I would never outfit a whole gym with these racks. Even with money as no object, I would maybe go every other rack with Keiser and a heavy duty sumo rack with attachments.

Thanks! Sounds like it would be a great tool for DE work. I’ll be interested in seeing your results from it. I gotta get my uncle (John) to get in touch with you regarding PT. The years have taken their toll and he’s having some serious hip issues. My guess is he would value your imput more than pts/orthos with no knowledge of powerlifting.

You know where to find me, but I don’t do well with diagnosis by Internet.

I was reading another study today discussing the pneumatic resistance and it had to admit that the absolutle load a muscle puts out with pneumatic resistance may be less than what it would put out with a free weight exercise at the same intensity level. There’s still much research needed on the topic but i do find it interesting.

All the best,

Sam