Hey everyone, welcome back to MaxStrength Fitness! We are here today on the Imagine Strength seated dip. And we’re going to go over what we call the lower turnarounds.
Lower turnarounds are simply the change of direction from the weight lowering to the weight lifting back up. There’s there’s a few exceptions to the lower turnarounds on a couple machines where the weight stack is actually not going to fully touch. Your trainer will give you cues on when to change direction for those machines, so be sure to listen closely.
We’re going to look at a lower turnaround on a machine like the seated dip. The lower turnaround on this machine and a lot of our pressing machines is going to be very specifically when the the weight stack completely touches flat onto the other part of the weight stack. You’ll often hear a trainer say you have about an inch left. Barely touch, barely start. Those are things you’ll hear us say.
There are three rules to the lower turnaround.
Number 1 is always bottom out.
Number 2 is do not unload at bottom out, meaning do not completely let off the gas there.
Number 3, do not fire out of bottom out.
Firing out means quick movement in the first few inches. Today we’re going to go over rule number one. Always bottom out. I like to think of this as more of a feel than a look. Some people stare at the weight stack and try not to get them to do that. Please do not look at the weight stacks. Keep your head in a neutral position.
Anytime you’re going to start to look with your eyes when you’re going to change direction. It can create a distraction. We’re trying to increase concentration inside of our workout. So, make sure that that weight stack always touches down. I like to tell people sometimes even close their eyes in a way to kind of get a feel for it. What that does is keeps us honest, keeps us loaded, keeps us focused, and it gives us the true stimulus we’re after, which is more mechanical tension. And it simply just makes the muscles work harder. So that’s why we’re here at Max Strength Fitness, to work as hard as we can on every single machine.
