There are two main phases of lifting weights: eccentric and concentric. The eccentric phase is where you lengthen the muscle, and the concentric phase is when you contract or shorten the muscle. While ...
The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of three different types of isotonic training programme, viz. eccentric, concentric and combination of both on strength of selected body segments, ...
Researchers explored whether slowing down those reps in the gym affects hypertrophy (muscle growth), and it turns out it ...
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This Part Of Your Exercise Reps Is The Key To Muscle Growth—And You’re Probably Ignoring It
If you tend to breeze through the "easy" part of an exercise—like lowering into a squat or letting your dumbbells drop after a curl—you might be missing a major opportunity to build strength. That ...
New research has shown one type of muscle contraction is most effective at increasing muscle strength and muscle size -- and rather than lifting weights, the emphasis should be on lowering them. Good ...
Background Eccentric hamstring strength exercise has been adopted in lower extremity injury prevention programs extensively, but the study of its effect on knee flexor strength is limited. Objective ...
The word "eccentric", you’ll know, is most commonly used to describe someone or something unconventional – but in the world of fitness, it means something quite different. Thankfully, eccentric ...
A new meta-analysis, published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, aimed to determine the effect that repetition tempo has on hypertrophy. It reviewed 14 separate studies to decipher ...
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