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 ...

Concentric training movements involve positive resistance to forces, for example when pulling upward during a pull-up, or when pushing up during a push-up. Either way, the primary muscles always ...

Strength is simple to build, though it’s not easy. You lift, you eat, you rest, you repeat. Progressing on lifts requires time, money, and attention, and can take over your life. It’s natural people ...

At first, the phrase “eccentric training” might bring to mind, like, dressing up in a clown costume and running on a treadmill while you loudly sing Blondie -- or, you know, something like that. But ...

Just five minutes a day of slow, controlled bodyweight exercises improves strength, flexibility, and mental health. The home-based program is ideal for sedentary people and requires no equipment or ...

When I really don’t want to exercise, I’ll rush through a workout just to mark it off my to-do list. But the faster I try to get it done, the sloppier I get. Instead of moving with intention, I’m ...

A concentric contraction is a type of muscle activation that causes tension on your muscle as it shortens. As your muscle shortens, it generates enough force to move an object. This is the most ...