Strength gains/isometric frequency

[Guest guest]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it claimed that

isometrics once a day will give continuous gains in

strength? And doing it more will not give any

advantage in strength gain?

I think this is proven wrong with my experience.

I'm quite heavy (210 lbs, 5'11 " ) and I wanted to be

able to do chins. But when I was doing isometrics,

my strength apparently reached a plateau. And this

strength was not enough for me to do 2 chins. There

was a point in time when I was able to develop so

that I could do 5 to 6 chins. But only by doing

single chins throughout the day. Doing it only once

a day produced no benefit. I'm back to one chin now

(haven't done it in about a year), and I'm sure one

a day isometrics is not helping. I have to go back

doing several single chins throughout the day to

really " get me back " the ability to do 5 or more.

Now I don't know if going from 1 to 5 chins is now a

matter of endurance, but it still feels like strength

to me. So I would think that doing several isometric

contractions through the day would be better than

singles?

Gerry