Question on Isometric hold time

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Dear Friends,

Recently I read " the nautilus north study " by john little. In

that john little claimed one guy gained 9 lbs of muscle with just one

exercise session. Peculiar thing in this is the guy who gained 9 lbs

of muscle in one session held the resistance isometrically on an

average of 45 seconds for each exercise. little suggests 30-60

seconds contraction instead of 6 second. I initially thought it is

just hype but I wanted to give a try. I am currently trying 30-60

seconds contraction for the past 3 sessions. Taking 6 day off between

the sessions. The muscle growth with this method is excellent. I went

from 175 lbs from 167 lbs in just 3 weeks. My biceps increased half an

inch within 3 sessions. Here is my question.

It is known fact that isometric holds increase blood pressure. Is it

medically safe (in terms of hypertension and heart health) to perform

45-60 seconds of contraction?

Thanks,

Sharavan Kumar

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Hi, This is a comment directly to Shravan's mail below. I was left quite surprised by the coincidence of the whole thing. Some of you may be aware that I was quite active in this forum sometime back and had vanished and today I casually opened my bull worker mail and saw this. I have to add here [ though I would encourage all of you to consult your own medical practitioner to clarify this ] that right from the second month when I started using bullworker and increased the hold time to 30 seconds and above, my blood pressure has been steadily increasing, and believe me I almost ended up getting a stroke with jaws tightening and stiffness along the medulla oblongata. I was given the highest dose of enalapril, atenolol and amlodopine combination and after 3 months, the hypertension is limping back to

normalcy. You may see me as a spoil-sport in this forum always cautioning people, but believe me, there could be some reason why the normal weight bearing exercises under supervision in gyms are so popular and recommended throughout the world. I agree that I am less knowledgeable here, but please, I would like some enlightened member of this forum to guide regarding possible health hazards while being on bullworker training, because quite a lot of us here are over enthusiastic in training, given the wonderful physical benefits that bullworker seems to offer in a very short time. I, and I think many well meaning readers here will appreciate such a discussion. Thanks and cheers, Dev Mumbai India 14.9.2006 eveningkheper04 wrote: I've been exploring this, too. My workouts consist of freeweightsand the Bullworker. I use the Bullworker to complete a compoundset (an exercise involving freeweights then followed immediately by a Bullworker exercise, isolating the group of muscles worked bythe freeweights). A 30 second hold time followed by a 20 second, then a 10 second is how I've been using the Bullworker in eachof these compound sets. The long hold-time method seems to fatigue the muscles in away totally unlike freeweights. The fatigue seems to go

almost bone-deep.>> Dear Friends,> Recently I read "the nautilus north study" by john little. In > that john little claimed one guy gained 9 lbs of muscle with just one > exercise session. Peculiar thing in this is the guy who gained 9 lbs > of muscle in one session held the resistance isometrically on an > average of 45 seconds for each exercise. little suggests 30-60 > seconds contraction instead of 6 second. I initially thought it is > just hype but I wanted to give a try. I am currently trying 30-60 > seconds contraction for the past 3 sessions. Taking 6 day off between > the sessions. The muscle growth with this method is excellent. I went > from 175 lbs from 167 lbs in just 3 weeks. My biceps increased half an

> inch within 3 sessions. Here is my question. > It is known fact that isometric holds increase blood pressure. Is it > medically safe (in terms of hypertension and heart health) to perform > 45-60 seconds of contraction? > > Thanks,> Sharavan Kumar>

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