I learned that Eccentric contractions (negatives) are supposed to be better for strength and hypertrophy than the regular concentric. As a result, I heard that it is better to slowly lower the weight and then lift it up quicker.
I do incorporate negatives at times and do maintain control on my lifts.
Does anyone do this? Results?
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11-10-2011, 05:16 PM #1
Concentric vs Eccentric contraction
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11-10-2011, 05:19 PM #2
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11-10-2011, 05:20 PM #3
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11-10-2011, 05:21 PM #4
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11-10-2011, 06:25 PM #5
Where did you 'learn' this?
I think that's for other reasons, like acceleration being a good skill, and an eccentric too fast lets momentum build up in the stretched position which can be risky for injuries.
I mostly do this for pull ups, in the past I've found they helped, my lack of progress is mostly due to laziness at not training often enough and eating ****.
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11-10-2011, 06:47 PM #6
no, lift up & down using same speed. both pos & neg are equally important.
the difference is that u are 30-40% stronger during the neg, so unless u overload the neg phase with an extra 30-40% resistance you are simply spending more time in an underloaded condition by performing a slow neg each rep."Though the concept is not scientifically validated in detail (it should be considered as a hypothesis rather than a scientific theory), it is useful from a practical standpoint. When training athletes, it is impossible to wait until scientific research provides all of the necessary knowledge." Vladmir M. Zatsiorsky, Ph.D.
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