Understand the science of lifting versus lowering to optimize your training and break through your next plateau.

Eccentric exercise can build strength and improve fitness while remaining accessible to less active individuals. Exercises ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." IF YOU'RE LIKE most guys in the gym, when you’re doing a big lift—whether it’s a max bench, a PR ...

We tend to focus on the upwards part of movement, but what happens on the way down can be just as beneficial.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." POV: YOU’RE COMPLETING your final set of heavy bench presses, and the last rep of your set doesn’t quite ...

New sports science findings identify the eccentric phase of exercise—the lowering portion of a movement—as highly effective for building muscle and strength. Research shows eccentric contractions can ...

If you think better workouts must leave you drained, sore, or barely able to walk the next day, this research takes aim at ...

Introduction Achilles tendinopathy is a common musculoskeletal condition driven in part by alterations in muscle performance. 1 Whilst eccentric loading has demonstrated clinical efficacy, and ...