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"Strength training provides
similar improvements in depression as anti-depressant
medications. People
who engage in strength training also enjoy improved
sleep quality. As with depression, the sleep benefits
obtained as a result of strength raining are comparable
to treatment with medication, but without the side
effects or the expense.”
 - Center for Disease Control, August 21, 2003
"Circuit weight training appears
to be safe, and to result in significant increases
in cardiovascular
and musculoskeletal strength compared with traditional
exercise used in cardiac rehabilitation programs.
In fact, a control group of cardiac patients engaged
in only a walk/jog program did not improve.”
- M. Kelemen MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"Slow lifting isn’t just for
the infirm or the soft of stomach. A number of
professional sports teams
have adopted the drill, and body-builders are discovering
that they too can gain by slowing down.”
- Newsweek, February 5, 2001
"The effectiveness of strength
training to ease the pain of osteoarthritis was
just as potent, if
not more potent, as medications. Similar effects
of strength training have been seen in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis.”
- Center for Disease Control, August 2003
"Those doing SuperSlow in both
groups experienced a greater than 50% gain in strength.
In fact, the
results were so difficult to believe that I had them
verified at Virginia Tech.”
- Wayne L. Westcott, PhD
"Contrary to most commonly held
beliefs on the subject of strength training, the
training also significantly
improved the cardiovascular condition of the subjects.
By maintaining the intensity of the workouts at a
high level and by limiting the amount of rest in
between exercises, the training resulted in improvements
on each of 60 separate measures of cardiovascular
fitness. Contrary to widespread opinion, not only
will a properly conducted strength training program
produce increases in muscular strength, but will
also significantly improve an individual’s level
of cardiovascular conditioning. The data suggests
that some of these cardiovascular benefits apparently
cannot be achieved by any other type of training.”
- James A. Peterson, PhD, Project Total Conditioning
"I now rank performing slower
repetition as the number one strategy for training
virtually injury-free,
and as a major tactic for continuing high-level training
across a lifetime.”
-
Richard Winett, PhD, Ironman Magazine
"Picture a workout so efficient
you only have to do it once a week for 20 minutes,
so intense your
trainer advises you not to exercise the rest of the
week and so effective it melts pounds and fat away
while strengthening your bones and heart.”
- Scripps Howard New Service, May 22, 2001
"Strength training can provide
up to a 15% increase in metabolic rate, which is
enormously helpful for
weight loss and long-term weight control.”
- Center for Disease Control, August 21, 2003
"By lifting weights in a series
of ultra-slow movements tat last 10 seconds each,
you can stimulate
lean
muscle formation far more efficiently and safely
than regular weight lifting or aerobics.”
- Adam Zickerman, The Power of Ten
"Say ‘so long’ to long
hours in the gym. This is it. Once a week for 30
minutes or less!”
- The Boston Globe
"The basic concept of aerobic
conditioning is wrong. The best way to train the
vascular system is to build
flexibility into its response by using short bouts
of elevation followed by sudden recovery, then demanding
activity again. Both high intensity strength training
and wind sprints are able to achieve this effect.
Strength training is the safer option when performed
with slow controlled movement speeds.”
- Dr. Irving Dardik, vascular surgeon
"Even in such brief sessions,
slow training builds muscle mass and improves cardiovascular
fitness
more
rapidly than traditional weight training does.”
- Men’s Journal
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