What Are Eccentric and Concentric Contractions? Eccentric contractions occur when a muscle lengthens under load, such as ...

Once reserved for athletes, eccentric exercise is becoming increasingly popular in everyday training and physical therapy—especially for people with musculoskeletal conditions like Parkinson’s disease ...

Once upon a time in a gym not-so-far-away, the weight room may have seemed like the fairly straightforward place. You picked up a kettlebell or dumbbell and executed a set of moves—maybe bicep curls, ...

I'm all for trying the latest and greatest trendy workouts. But part of building a fun fitness routine that *also* delivers major results includes going back to basics. I'm talking basics—as in, ...

Should you focus on concentric or eccentric loading to build muscle and strength? We cover the benefits of both and how to prioritize them.

But take a look at your body under a microscope, and you’ll see that your working muscles are actually contracting in completely different ways depending on the phase of the exercise you’re in—and if ...

For many people, the thought of beginning a fitness journey feels overwhelming. Between busy schedules, uncertainty about proper techniques, and concerns about injury, the barriers to starting ...

Strength is simple to build, though it’s not easy. You lift, you eat, you rest, you repeat. Progressing on lifts requires time, money, and attention, and can take over your life. It’s natural people ...

Eccentric exercise training, which focuses on muscle lengthening under tension, is emerging as a promising intervention to counteract the physiological declines associated with ageing. This modality ...

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