Using Chains in Training

There are many keys to success, but two invaluable ones are accelerating strength training and accommodating resistance. Chains and bands should be used in your training be if your training during your dynamic day for speed-strength or the maximum effort day to develop absolute strength.

Lifters who have a sticking point at or slightly above the knees in the deadlift will find great benefit from using chains. If you are weak at the top, this will also solve your problem. The use of chains will help with starting strength as well. Because chains make it more difficult to press as the bar ascends, you will instinctively try to accelerate the bar from start to finish. The effects of training normally take 2-4 weeks, but the training effect with chains is immediate.

Training with chains accomplishes three things:

1. We have maintained our original weight in order to use correct percentages for explosive training

2. We have overloaded the top portion of the lift, which normally doesn't receive sufficient work because of increased body leverage at this position.

3. A neurological response to build explosive strength is developed. This training will train you to drive to the top because you can't slack off at the top phase as you used to.

We'll talk about lengths of chains and sizes in the next portion of this thread.

I don't sell chains but I hope you incorporate chains into your routine and you won't be dissapointed.