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

Have you thought about the different phases of exercises you do in the gym? Take the humble squat, for example. You lower ...

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Alan Ritchson receives daily questions about his workout routine. His role as Reacher, the muscle-bound (and t-shirt-averse) former military man, probably has something to do with this. I, on the ...

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 ...