Timed Static Contraction

I have often declared that the only time such a protocol was valuable or safe is at its eventual and unavoidable onset at the end of each isotonic set. When you fail during a regular isotonic exercise, you have already achieved enough inroading to make the isometric contraction safe. Also, you will achieve additional and meaningful inroading at the end of the set. Arthur Jones alluded to this in his early writings. I remember Arthur writing something to the effect that, “during the last all-out [isotonic] repetition you should be moving as fast as possible, which in reality will be no movement at all.”