weight lifting routine with DVRs

[tony84]

Hey guys. For those of you who do DVRs, has anyone ever tried doing normal weightlifting exercises but doing them DVR style. Like the bench press or bent over rows? I was just wondering if they would work DVR style. Thanks guys.


Tony

[Hopeful]

I believe Greg Mangan VRT program does that quite well.

[mike]

quite a few HIT style workouts have been written by forum members

[Hank_Z]

Yes, Greg Mangan's VRT program shows a whole program and VRTs (DVRs) using regular weight-lifting movements.

- Hank

[ben alexander]

When I started working out, my parents bought me some light chrome dumbells (I think I was about 10 at the time). When they started to feel light, I told my dad, and he said "Do the same exercises, but imagine the weights are heavier. Tense your muscles like Charles Atlas!"

When I worked out without the weights, using the same principles (before I heard of DVR), I found I got pretty much the same pump and workout.

I have tried various weightlifting protocols, and modified them to callistenics and DVR / DSR. Supersets work well, but other things like drop sets, don't. I still use weights occasionally, as with some exercises it helps to use some wieght to find the muscle. Then, I add resistance with DVRs.

Joyce Vedral, in one of her books, suggested using light weights and tension. Her findings were that it produced some great results. If memory serves, she said that it wouldn't give you a lot of bulk, but did help to give you the sort of wiry defintion of a dancer or martial artist. Which, she said, is what many people would like to have!

Ben

[Royce]

Ben writes:
Joyce Vedral, in one of her books, suggested using light weights and tension. Her findings were that it produced some great results. If memory serves, she said that it wouldn't give you a lot of bulk, but did help to give you the sort of wiry defintion of a dancer or martial artist. Which, she said, is what many people would like to have!

Ben

Royce replies:

Although Joyce primarily addresses the needs of ladies wanting to get fit, her methods are equally good for men.

Check out her site.