How Rep Tempo Can Affect Fat Loss

June 22, 2010

People often talk about rep tempo and lifting speed when it comes to gaining strength or adding muscle. What about fat loss when it comes to lifting speed? About 10 years ago I started using lower reps to increase muscle definition. I also slowed down the speed of each lift to really focus hard on increasing the tension in the lifts. This type of lifting quickly made a difference to my physique. I reached the best shape of my life lifting with sets of 5 reps at a slow pace. I didn't realize this at the time, but the slow lifting speed I was using may have contributed to reaching a low body fat percentage as well.

[No need to use a timer or stopwatch to time the speed of lifting and lowering your weights during a set. The “1 Mississippi…2 Mississippi” or “1 Alligator…2 Alligator” methods are just as accurate. […]

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