It's called Resistance Training guys

Resistance. [ri-zis-tuh ns]: the act of power of resisting, opposing or withstanding.

So i walk into the gym and see some fellas doing standing side lateral raises. The spotter (A) stands behind the guy performing the move (B). (A) places his palms on (B)'s elbows and lifts the weight up for the first part of the exercise. As (A) completes the movement at the top, the weights fall to (B)'s sides almost instantly on the way down.

At the end of the set, (B) just MIGHT feel a burn in his shoulders. But guess what? By doing this he's not hitting it as much as he can if he used the right weight and; either do it himself or do proper negatives. What (B) is doing isn't training his shoulders, bro, he's training his GRIP, innit? Because that's all he's doing. Gripping the bloody weight and letting the spotter do the job for him. There's no resistance. There's no effort. Especially on the way down, if you're gonna use weights you cant handle. And this applies to all movements, not just raises.

I'm no stranger to negatives. I think they're really important to push the envelope. On certain sets and moves, when i'm close to failure, i'd cheat to get the weight up. But i'd go down real slow. Resistance is key. At least do it right and put the muscle to work. The pump from this would send me to heaven. Or hell, if you don't enjoy the burn.

- Trainwreck