DVR Video

[gs300tx]

I think it would be nice if we could add a video section to this form and maybe add like a DVR demo on how to properly perform the reps while using DVR. I know there are alot of people here that have experience with DVR's who could make this happen.
How do yall feel about this idea?

[bennyb]

I agree......Maybe I can make a video doing DVR/VRT exercise. As much as I love John and Wendi in the Exercise Section, other members should have a chance to show what they have as well it can give others insights on how DVRs really work and how they mastered them as well.

[gs300tx]

I think it would be a wonderful project and a great service to the forum members here. Please let me know if there is something I can do to help.

[gruntbrain]

I believe the key to DVR success is the ability to create very intense contractions; the exact pattern of movement is much less relevant. That said, a video displaying a gut wrenching effort would be both inspirational & instructional

[entrma]

My experience has been much as Grunt Brain describes. To use DVR'S successfully you
have to experiment quite a bit to learn how to tense your muscles throughout a given movement
and to make sure you are working the right muscles for each exercise. Thus, a successful Bicep
Curl requires focusing on the Bicep muscle to move your arm's from point a to point b instead of
just moving your arms.

In addition, each person as an individual must discover if focusing on the muscles involved in a
particular exercise (DVR) works better than imagining the use of a heavy weight or other object
to provide the tension necessary to benefit from the particular exercise.

Plus each person has to experiment to discover which movements (exercises) are the most
beneficial to them individually.

Eric

[mike]

All that is true, but I will say that some movement patterns can create a novel stimulus or work the muscle slightly differently. the classic example being form Arthur Jones' Bulletins - do a classic bicep curl, then raise your elbow until it points about 30 degrees above the line of the shoulder and supinate your hand forcefully. (if it is your right hand then this is clockwise turning at the wrist). If you do all this your bicept should contract forcefully, but if it hasn't then contract your bicep. Since the bicep does these three things - curl the arm, raise it and supinate the hand you should get a contraction so intense it verges on cramping. This is because the bicep is unused to ever being shortened by performing all of it's duties at once.