Effective time under tension
The muscle stays loaded from the first rep to the last. No lockout, no pause, no release. Tension is held for extended periods, which is what forces adaptation.
The Method
The Lagree Method
Slow is harder. Tension is the point. Fifty minutes is enough.
What is Lagree?
Lagree is a strength training method performed on a patented machine with a moving carriage and adjustable spring resistance. Movements are performed slowly and continuously, so the muscle never gets a moment of rest. That sustained tension is what drives the result.
Where conventional training relies on load and momentum, Lagree relies on time, control and instability. You move at roughly a third of the speed you think you should. Your muscles are placed under tension and kept there. Within minutes, muscles you have trained for years start shaking in ways they never have.
It is a full-body method. Strength, endurance, core stability, flexibility and cardiovascular work happen inside the same fifty minutes, on the same machine, without a single impact on your joints.
Core principles
Six things that make it work.
Suitability
Who it is for
Lagree scales. That is its defining quality.
If you are pregnant, recovering from surgery or managing an injury, please speak to your doctor and tell us before your first class.
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Beginners who want a strength practice that will not injure them while they learn it.
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Athletes and lifters looking for the conditioning and stability work their programme is missing.
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Anyone returning to training after a long gap, an injury or a pregnancy, cleared by their doctor.
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People who train constantly and have stopped seeing change.
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People with joint sensitivity who have been told to avoid impact.
Comparison
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How Lagree compares with reformer Pilates and conventional training, side by side.
Tempo
- Conventional training
- Fast, momentum assisted
- Reformer Pilates
- Controlled and flowing
- Lagree
- Slow and continuously controlled
Spring tension
- Conventional training
- No springs, free weights or machines
- Reformer Pilates
- Springs set per exercise, eased between moves
- Lagree
- Sustained throughout the set, no rest between moves
Intensity
- Conventional training
- Varies with the class
- Reformer Pilates
- Moderate
- Lagree
- High, to the point of muscle fatigue
Impact on joints
- Conventional training
- Moderate to high
- Reformer Pilates
- Minimal
- Lagree
- Minimal
Core involvement
- Conventional training
- Isolated to core exercises
- Reformer Pilates
- Central to the practice
- Lagree
- Engaged for the full fifty minutes
Class size
- Conventional training
- Often large groups
- Reformer Pilates
- Small groups
- Lagree
- Five people, one coach
Session length
- Conventional training
- 50 to 60 minutes
- Reformer Pilates
- 45 to 60 minutes
- Lagree
- 50 minutes