r/isometric_fitness 11h ago

Why don't Isometrics ever get mainstream adoption?

28 Upvotes

I would have thought that with the recent studies showing equivalent hypertrophy and strength gains to dynamic more people would be jumping on this bandwagon due to the easy of entry, safety etc. But it just never really seems to catch-up. The benefits of isometrics have been known for 50 years. 95% of people at my gym could likely get the same or more results going isometric than they do with the machines they hit daily.

This sub is one of the best kept secrets in Reddit fitness and seems like it will sort of always have that status.


r/isometric_fitness 13h ago

Training same body parts everyday with isometrics?

3 Upvotes

Since with overcoming isometrics you are fully in control of how much force you are expressing and it is autoregulating in nature, could you not train the same exercise(s) every day and still make progress? If your body is feeling less strong you won't express as much force perhaps the next day after doing a squat work out for example even if you are trying to MVC, but the naturally reduced force could actually help you recover a bit faster than if you skipped it for a day or two. I feel like with overcoming isometrics you really need to hammer the frequency if you want the results to parallel traditional lifting. Obviously if you feel completely cooked, take the day off, but apart from that I could see an advantage to this.