There are two reasons why you should try to cultivate this kind of steady pace. Firstly, smooth technique develops higher levels of pure strength. When you move explosively, you inevitably rely on momentum during some portion of the movement. If momentum is doing the work, it means your muscles aren’t. It’s also far easier to cheat when you perform a motion quickly. We’ve all seen people “bouncing” out of the bottom position of exercises, because they lack the pure muscle power to move themselves.
