Concentric vs Eccentric contraction

[adosh]

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?

[DJAuto]

Negatives are good...when used sparingly. Otherwise, it's a great way to achieve premature fatigue.

[adosh]

Negatives are good...when used sparingly. Otherwise, it's a great way to achieve premature fatigue.

Sparingly because bc they break down muscle more effectively?

[DJAuto]

Sparingly because bc they break down muscle more effectively?

No...because it leads to premature fatigue (and neural fatigue)...

[Tyciol]

I learned that Eccentric contractions (negatives) are supposed to be better for strength and hypertrophy than the regular concentric.

Where did you 'learn' this?

As a result, I heard that it is better to slowly lower the weight and then lift it up quicker.

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 do incorporate negatives at times and do maintain control on my lifts. Does anyone do this? Results?

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 ****.

[gomez26]

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.

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.