A coach compares barbell and cable tension curves for pulling movements. Barbells load the top, cables load the bottom. A hybrid hook setup combines both, delivering constant tension through the entire range of motion and eliminating weak points where muscles can rest.
Barbell versus cables. So if we grab a bar, from here to here there's maximal tension. So if I've got a bar, there's lots and lots of tension. As I come up, right, this part, there's really no tension. Yeah, so let's get rid of that one. Now if I grab one of these and I pop it on a cable and do exactly the same thing, so you got to look at it, is movement-wise this is exactly the same except the only difference is implementation. Is I'm using a bar here and now I'm using a cable. So as I come up, there's lots and lots of tension here. There's not as much tension here. Okay, so as I come up, there's much more tension because of the cable, creates more tension at the bottom. Now the purpose of the hybrid hook is it gives us the best of both worlds. You see, we're manipulating resistance profiles. Now I'll do it really easily with just, just this bar, right? So if I pop this in here just like so, this might move a little bit, but I'll try my best to keep it somewhat straight. In fact, I'll just use a narrow grip like this so it stays I'm getting the tension at the bottom from the bar. As I come up, I've also got that tension at the top from the cable. So the resistance profile is now— there's nowhere for me to hide. I can't hide at the top, I can't hide at the bottom. The minute I move, I've got the tension from the bar. Now as I move through, which would normally be just with the bar, there'd be no tension, I'm getting that tension kicked in from the cable. So this is tremendous. This is— I love hybrid hooks for this reason, because of the fact that You can't hide on an exercise. It creates so much tension through the muscle. Really phenomenal at just lighting up body parts that people, they get lazy with. They don't keep tension in the muscle. They don't focus. So if you just want to switch everything on like day and night, use the Hybrid Hooks in your training. Get the best of both worlds. That's why it works, because it changes the resistance profile. So there's no place to hide.
