Negatives solution for cable exercises

Louno

New Member
Hi,

im going to be in my 2 weeks negatives real soon, but i dont know how i could do negatives on most of my exercises...

this is my routine :
leg press , seated calf raises , leg curls
Bench press , seated machine Flys
Back rows , lat pulldowns ( chinups )
Shoulder raises
Barbell bicep curls, seated decline dumbbell bicep curl
tricep pulldown , dips
wrist curls, reverse wrist curls
decline sit ups , crunches

so how can i do negatives on most of these exercises ? i cant, id have to be able to push/pull the weight first then lower it slowly...
I workout with a friend who could spot me, but the only exercise that i could do negatives with would be bench press ...

This is the solution i came up with,
i put my 5rm max, i do the concentric movement then ask my friend to add 5-10 lbs on the machine ( there are little free weights you can add on top of the weights ure lifting ), and i lower the weight , this would be good for all cable exercises. but is 5-10lbs enough ? id do 3 set of 5 rep .

for exercises like barbell bicep curls, i would switch to bicep curls on a cable machine where my friend could add weight when im at the top of the concentric movement.

i could even do progressive loading negatives, during the first week only add 5lbs, and second week 10lbs,
but i really dont know if 5-10lbs is enough...

what do you guys think i should do
 
also, what is best to do after the 2 weeks of 5s,
i want to do dropsets and negatives,
do i do both at the same time or i do negatives the first week then dropsets ?
 
leg press , seated calf raises , leg curls
**Put just over half your 5RM on the machine, use two legs to raise it, one leg to lower it.

Bench press , seated machine Flys
**Bench req's a spotter. Or do flys (as normal) but with great stretch (alternative to doing negs)

Back rows , lat pulldowns ( chinups )
**For chins - step up to the concentric/top position, and just lower yourself (the negative movement)

dips
**Same as chins

wrist curls, reverse wrist curls
**Don't worry about negs for forearms. Just do heavy and many normal reps.


Do your dropset AFTER negs/5RM, but before the loaded stretch (if you use loaded stretches).
 
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