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This just shows the true lack of knowledge on occlusion training if people here and chiming in and saying "its a fad" lol.
No one has ever argued that occlusion REPLACES regular hard and heavy training. But researchers have found another way to stimulate hard strength training and some decent hypertrophy using lower loads....it is primarily used for people trying to heal from injuries. If anything, we've just found another tool in our toolbox when we want that extra pound of LBM.
The debate is mostly on if you are doing it correctly or not. ALL the studies used advanced cuffs that monitor blood pressure for safety...no one has that in their gym bag. So we're kind of making half-assed versions of it HOPING we're doing it right. Is it something that might be fun to throw in once in awhile? Yeah, for sure. Should you based your entire training around it? No, you idiot.
No one has ever argued that occlusion REPLACES regular hard and heavy training. But researchers have found another way to stimulate hard strength training and some decent hypertrophy using lower loads....it is primarily used for people trying to heal from injuries. If anything, we've just found another tool in our toolbox when we want that extra pound of LBM.
The debate is mostly on if you are doing it correctly or not. ALL the studies used advanced cuffs that monitor blood pressure for safety...no one has that in their gym bag. So we're kind of making half-assed versions of it HOPING we're doing it right. Is it something that might be fun to throw in once in awhile? Yeah, for sure. Should you based your entire training around it? No, you idiot.