Sisco has some great thoughts on that stuff. It's amazing how much you can move and hold.
IMO to answer the overload question you really need a body. If you are in a cage or have safety bars pressing to failure, till you just cant push any more and the bar comes down, yes that overloads well. But if you have someone behind you to put just enough pressure on that bar to keep it moving up, a forced rep does wonders. There was a time when I wouldn't ask for spots and repped catiously or used the smith machine. Now I grab anyone and explain exactly how I want them to spot me. In reality unless something bad happens they shouldn't be lifting more than 10% of the weight.
I do like drop sets too. I'm actually contemplating a system that rotates heavy overload with forced reps with a session of drop sets. Here is why- we all know the benifits of the different rep ranges. So is it possible to get both in a workout. IE db press with a weight that allows 6 reps (+ -) once you fail set those down and immediately grab a weight that allows 15 + -. That would be immediate, or take 30 sec to pull weight of your bar then rep out..?? BUT some question the benifit of lowered weight.?.?
Don't quote me yet I'm brainstorming here and researching already planning out my next run. As far a today, spin class the day after squats and statics...
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