Once reserved for athletes, eccentric exercise is becoming increasingly popular in everyday training and physical therapy—especially for people with musculoskeletal conditions like Parkinson’s disease ...

Eccentric exercise is a trainer’s best-kept secret for building muscles faster and preventing injury. Try these five moves to get you started. Once upon a time in a gym not-so-far-away, the weight ...

A new study has revealed a technique for building muscle strength that requires only three seconds of exercise three times a week. Participants consisted of 26 young and healthy adults who were ...

When lifting heavy weights off the floor, as in the deadlift or back squat, when the core is under constant load and pressure ...

Eccentric exercise training, which focuses on muscle lengthening under tension, is emerging as a promising intervention to counteract the physiological declines associated with ageing. This modality ...

Lowering, as opposed to lifting, your weights, with an eccentric strength training regimen, could make your workouts more efficient. If you’re looking to maximize your time in the gym, you might ...

Objectives To investigate if daily treatment with glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) ointment, over 24 weeks combined with a 12-week eccentric exercise programme is more effective for chronic mid-portion ...

The eccentric action is an integral part of the stretch-shortening (or eccentric-concentric) cycle of muscle movement, especially when repositioning of the centre of gravity is required. Jumps and ...

Your legs work hard in the saddle when you’re climbing or sprinting, or just going the distance. Meanwhile, your core works to keep you stable and cycling efficiently, while your upper body helps you ...

Correspondence to Paul D Kirwan, Discipline of Physiotherapy, School Of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; KIRWANP2{at}tcd.ie Objectives To investigate if daily treatment with glyceryl ...