Q:  I’ve seen some of the big guys at my gym doing super slow repetitions during their workouts. What’s the value in working out this way? A: Super Slow training has been around for decades yet seems to be enjoying a recent resurgence in popularity. It involves controlling both the concentric (lifting) and eccentric (lowering) phases of a movement to such a degree that you are doing them in slow motion – that is, you are taking ten seconds to perform the concentric part of the movement and five seconds to perform the eccentric part. This compares with conventional training which advocates a two second up, one second pause and four second down cadence (most trainers abbreviate this dramatically). Advocates of super slow claim that performing an exercise in such a manner is far more productive than conventional training and, furthermore, that one set ...

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