can anyone explain the how to use negatives in HST

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I'm familiar with the use of negatives in HIT. 10second reps for 3-4, then as the set gets harder the rep speed decreases to 5/6 seconds and the set is terminated when you can no longer CONTROL the descent of the weight.

This is a very hard and intense way to train and can lead to overtraining quickly if you don't rest enough.

It is a very effective way to train.

Can anyone shine some light on negatives in HST for me?

Do you go to failure (not controling the weight's descent)?

How to chose the weight?#
How many sets?

Cheers
 
For me anyway, I do negs after the 5s but still for 3 sets of 5. I never use more weight than I can control on the way down, but enough that it takes about 2 secs to complete the rep.

I was never good at working out negs weight so I just increase until I feel its starting to get a little stupid.
 
In my last cycle (which was also my first) I did negatives for pull ups and dips. I kept my 5RM for the others, but in almost all my other exercises, I was able to add some weight and increase my 5RM during those two weeks.
 
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