Just remembered this awesome thread from some time back, thought it would be good to summarise here:

Pre Exhaust - A forum favourite - I'm current using this with great success with my shoulders. Cable Side Laterals, then Smith Machine Presses!

Rest/Pause - just a great way to increase strength - again with the aid of the Smith Machine, my inclines are coming on well.

Partials - Some call them X-Reps at the semi stretched position, but these babies burn - try on preacher curls and cry like a baby.

Rest Paused : Hands down one of the best techniques for gaining strength and size and has always been underated. Doesnt need many, and if your volume based, you can even push the rest\pause to 4 mini sets.

Extended Peak Contraction : Opinion based on other DC trainees, but from results seems to hold alot of value for HIIT based protocols...time will tell..

Super Sets : Good for a shock and awe technique and served me well

Drop Sets : Awesome to finish off, and shock - served me well in past

Cheat Movememnts : "good" cheating can blast a muscle group past what its used to, whilst still ensuring it recieves alot of the load...but applying good cheating requires a little experience in the movement to determine where you want to apply the most cheating and where the least, so you apply the load correctly.

Lots of Protein!

Negatives - on chins & dips,

Rest-Pause - on chins & dips as well but also other compound lifts where the weight is heavy,

Drop-Sets - only used these sparingly but can really help to bring up a part that's suddenly decided not to grow,

Antagonistic Super-Sets - not sure how much extra benefit these have actually given but a psychological one at least as these are fun to do!

Rest/Pause Helps me get that little bit further. An extra rep goes along way.
Dropsets Amazing if you wont higher levels of volume.
Isometrics have done wonders for me, increased strength in the 'hole' portion of a squat? yes please..

Rest/Pause - Quite possibly the most effective advanced technique, the fact it's mentioned by everyone so far speaks for itself

Supersets - Very useful tool. Good for building stamina and fat burning. Also an option for trying to blast through a plateau, aswell as helping keep workout times down

Supersets - either opposing or same muscle groups

Dropsets or Rest Pause - For extending rep count

DE - For explosive/power work

Cheat Reps - For forcing growth

Negatives or Assisted Reps - For getting used to handling heavy weight

Manipulating rep tempos - things like 6-0-X works well in the 4-8 rep range.

For calves...drop sets and hopping (plyometrics) holding DB.

2 or 3 plyometric push ups 30 seconds prior to benching to increase strength.

Supersets or Tri-sets for shoulders(jerry telle tip).

A good staley tip that I posted earlier today (I'll just copy and paste)
Quote:
"It's an old Charles Staley tip. Basically for a given bodypart you use exercises in sequence that utilise first DB's, then BB, then SMITH (or relevant machine). You could if you wanted to, omit the BB exercise without compromising the technique.

For example, using the exercises you've given....when you reach failure on the DB shoulder press, it's the stabalisers which are the weak link. Neural drive will shut down when the stabalisers fail, leaving the target muscle not fully fatigued. If you then move onto the Smith machine shoulder press, you should have plenty of motor units in the target muscle that are still fresh.

For chest it might look like this..... DB Press, then regular Bench press,then smith machine bench press.....or for legs, go from lunges to leg press. The more unstable the initial exercise the better it works."

When performing DB incline curls, press your head back into the bench. If you have problems doing this, put a towel underneath your neck/head so you can put pressure backwards. Not sure how it works (nor did TC Luoma when he wrote the tip if I recall) but you'll get at least an extra rep out of it.

- Actively gripping the db or bb very tightly. This is a 'Pavel Tsatsouline' tip and works great on those final few reps.

- For CGBP/California press or indeed when chest pressing, the following answer that Poliquin gave in a Q & A works well.....
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"...however a good trick to activate the triceps comes from the power lifters at Louie Simmons's West Side barbell Club. Their trick is to concentrate on pullng the bar apart as you do the pressing movement. What that does is to facilitate the ulnar nerve, which is responsible for activating the triceps. Try this trick; you'll be amazed at how effective it is for increasing the workload on the triceps....."
A few more tips on Incline DB Curls courtesy of Charles Poliquin:

- Ensure you're fully supinating throughout the movement, (and not semi-supinating at the bottom of the exercise).

- Flex your triceps at the bottom of the movement

- Hold db's off centre, with your thumbs up against the plate

Additionally....for any supinated biceps exercises in general, if you want to place more emphasis on your biceps at the expense of your forearms, then let your hands bend back at the wrist whilst performing the exercise.

Breathing in and holding before lowering the bar and then breathing out when pressing will help for Bench.

So will keeping your feet on the ground and not lifting them up in the air or onto the end of the bench.

pre-exhausts...as simon says particularly helpful with injuries

supersets

dropsets

isometrics - doing these is brilliant for climbing as there are certain positions you can end up holding for a long time, like deadhangs

controlled reps - not throwing them around using momentum unless doing cheat reps

always keeping abs tight, controlled breathing and most importantly grip....the only time i have had my grip give way first was when i doing 65 kg lat pull downs and when i first started straight leg raises hanging from a bar...killer

Christina Thibadeau's version of the rest/pause technique. Looks absolutely brutal!

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Here are a few "high-stimulus" techniques that can be used with the style of training I am putting Bizarre through (bizarre is the forum name of one of four people who are being coached online over at t-nation). Remember that these techniques will work only if the volume of work is low.

Difficulty-ladder based on the rest/pause method -

Level 1
Rest/Pause
Perform your regular set to failure; rest 10-12 seconds then perform a few more reps to failure with the same weight (e.g. 8 + 4).

Level 2
Double Rest/Pause
Perform your regular set to failure; rest 10-12 seconds then perform a few more reps to failure with the same weight; take a second pause and then try to get a few more reps still with the same weight (e.g. 8 + 4 + 2).

Level 3
Rest/Pause plus Partials
Perform your regular set to failure; rest 10-12 seconds then perform a few more reps to failure with the same weight. Then you continue the set by performing partial reps in the strongest portion of the movement.

Level 4
Rest/Pause plus Drop
Perform your regular set to failure; rest 10-12 seconds then perform a few more reps to failure with the same weight; reduce the weight by 50% and continue to perform reps to failure.

Level 5
Rest/Pause plus Drop and Partials
Perform your regular set to failure; rest 10-12 seconds then perform a few more reps to failure with the same weight; reduce the weight by 50% and continue to perform reps to failure. Then you continue the set by performing partial reps in the strongest portion of the movement.

Level 6
R/P plus Drop, Partials and hold
Perform your regular set to failure; rest 10-12 seconds then perform a few more reps to failure with the same weight; reduce the weight by 50% and continue to perform reps to failure. Then you continue the set by performing partial reps in the strongest portion of the movement; when you reach partial failure simply hold the weight at the midrange point for as long as you can.

Level 7
R/P plus Drop, Partials, hold and negative
Perform the set exactly as the level 6 method but after the hold, have a partner help you lift the bar and then you proceed to lower it down as slowly as humanly possible.

Clustering is great for strength athletes. You can either do:

- Pure Clusters - load up with about 95% of your 1RM. Do a rep, rerack or just stand with the bar in the end position for 60 secs, then do another rep, rerack or just stand with the bar in the end position for 60 secs, repeat for another 3 or 4 singles.

- Cluster Sets - Pick a load that you can just about get 2-4 reps out with, rest for 60 secs, do another set of 2-4, rest for 60 secs, and finally do another 2-4 reps.

Both ways are excellent for brining up your limit strength (i.e 1RM), but are very intense, and should only be used once or twice per mesocycle

Static Holds/negatives - used on last rep of bench press basically as I train alone and cant do forced reps (done in rack)

Patrial reps - complete set of laterals to failure . Then raise the db as far as you can and then lower etc etc . This looks esp funny if you use a medium weight and someone comes in when you are screaming taking those teeny DB under a quarter of the way up . Burns like hell !

Rest/pause - I have these for rows and deadlifts where form is so important and theres advantage in resetting yourself in the "pause"

Forced reps - no longer use these as I train alone and I dont feel I have been help back by not doing them . Spent most time being annoyed with training partners who didnt know how to do this

Reduced rest times - excellent at increasing the intensity