When doing resistance training, you will do two movements which are either eccentric and concentric. Whether you are pushing, pulling or raising, you will do these movements every time. Both movements ...

Concentric training movements involve positive resistance to forces, for example when pulling upward during a pull-up, or when pushing up during a push-up. Either way, the primary muscles always ...

Concentric exercises have the ability to increase the strength of your muscles, but you run the risk of injury when doing these training exercises. There are many type of concentric exercises, all of ...

Both the maintenance and improvement of strength and muscle mass are important goals of physical training interventions in a variety of populations (Voet et al., 2013; Stewart et al., 2014), with ...

健常成人男性では、遠心性収縮と求心性収縮の組み合わせは求心性収縮単独と比較して、長期的な筋力トレーニングによる筋肥大、筋力増強効果に差はない、という論文です。 対象は健常成人男性8人で、利き足で遠心性収縮3×30回＋求心性収縮2×30回（ECC ...

Eccentric exercise involves lengthening muscles which increases size by adding stress. Concentric moves shorten muscles for gains with less soreness.

We're big fans of eccentric training here at MH. In fact, we have several guides on how to focus on the eccentric phase of your lifts to increase muscle growth. So it's no surprise that a new review ...