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Originally Posted by NPayette
I do not say that you should use it on every rep... But let's say you know you won't do your last one, should you
A) Don't do it?
B) Do it using little bit of momentum?
C) Do it stuck at the bottom kill your energy with a spotter making you lift it in 10sec?
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I would try to take advantage of momentum to avoid being pinned under the bar or having the spotter do all of the work but I would try to avoid bouncing the bar off of my chest. This would be a last resort for me.
I can agree that explosive lifting is effective but only when used with good form. When momentum is used to make the lift more explosive form usually suffers. Take bentover rows for example. At the bottom of the lift it is very hard to gain any momentum unless the legs are used or your upper back is jerked upwards, these would be considered bad form. Now it would be good to pause up at the bottom of the lift and explode upwards as long as all of the power used to create this explosion is generated from the upper back.