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Pause Reps: How And Why You Should Use These.

Pause reps: How and why you should use these.

You may see people in the gym pausing mid-rep during a squat or maybe even a deadlift. For anyone who hasn't, it is when you come to a dead stop at a certain point in the movement. There are two main reasons why I suggest you should apply these to your training program.

The first reason would be to target an area of weakness or sticking point during the movement. For example, if you are consistently failing your bench press 2inches off your chest or notice that this is the point where the bar speed significantly slows down, doing a training block where you perform a pause just under this point will overload and strengthen that specific part of the lift.

An All4Fitness Blog by Kelly Hodges-Personal Trainer and Powerlifting Australia Coach

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