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4.5
I know the marketing of Dragon Door products can be grandiose, but the isochain is still an amazing tool. I've always liked training heavy, but I have been plagued with persistent joint pain and injuries through most of my training career. I became interested in the isochain as a way to build maximal strength without risking injury. After having it for a few weeks, the results have been exactly what I wanted. My lifts are up by 20-30 pounds in almost every exercise, and my joints feel great. I'm even stronger at unusual exercises I haven't trained directly, like one armed pushups and front levers. It feels like I've only begun to tap into my strength potential.For hypertrophy, muscular endurance, or anaerobic conditioning, I think there are other methods to get similar or better results. Not that the isochain doesn't work for these things, I just think that you could achieve them with traditional exercise. It's simply on par, not superior. But for pure brute strength and injury prevention, there is nothing that has ever come close to the isochain. I wouldn't have believed the results if I had not witnessed them firsthand.I like to pair it with my resistance bands and a bullworker to train every part of the body. The isochain is better for compound lifts where I use the bands and bullworkers for accessories. As a weird side effect, I actually have made great strides in hypertrophy and my cycling performance. Simply because being stronger has made me able to get more out of those workouts.
