Range of motion is one thing, but it doesn't mean the muscle has changed in its architecture. Concentric training actually change muscular architecture by changing fascicle length. Stretching doesn't do that according to recent meta analyses, or if it does it has to be very intense (3 total minutes of stretching per muscle group per day for 5 days a week at extreme intensity at the very least) So no stretch training doesn't lengthen, at least not the way it's implemented, and if you want to make progress with it using actually efficacious methods, you have high chances of hurting yourself, because all you're doing is getting tissue more and more tolerant to pain until you might hurt yourself because it doesn't get stronger.
The Synapse CCR is the the best portable eccentric overload tool on the market. It can be used safely just about anywhere, and packs down to less than 2 lbs.
To get the most benefit out of eccentric training for strength and flexibility, does the tempo have to be slow? I learnt that with most exercises, you can do the concentric movement explosively and the eccentric is done slowly. The only exception is with deadlifts, which I heard that it is safer to let momentum of the weight drop it to the floor which is what powerlifters tend to do. So I am a bit confused.
So it depends how much someone really utilises the eccentric, think of bicep curls for example… you can control it down properly or just let it fall down (depending on weight naturally)….. but also the main idea here is eccentrics vs STRETCHING for flexibility
Personally I don't think that the key for flexibility is that the training is specifically eccentric, its when the exercise is to end range for the muscle that you really see results with range
Hello! I see your point, and would agree that any exercise that works on flexibility would need to be done at end of range. Whether it is stretching or eccentrics, you have to challenge the muscle’s range to get results.
EEEEEcentric is not a word anywhere in the English language. Eccentric means ‘away from the center’. A crazy person is called eccentric bc they are ‘away from the center of normality’. A ‘negative’ movement of an exercise is a movement of the tendons ‘away from the center of the muscle’. It makes perfect sense from an etymological standpoint. Mispronouncing it as eeeecentric would mean ‘without a center’, which makes no sense. Another line of logic proving that it must be pronounced eK-Sen-Trik is that the first syllable is ‘ec’, which can only be pronounced ‘ek’ in English. There’s no possibility of a silent ‘c’. There’s no controversy regarding how to pronounce ‘centric’. So, the word is pronounced, eK-Sen-Trik. But don’t take my word for it! Look it up in literally any English dictionary.
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Range of motion is one thing, but it doesn't mean the muscle has changed in its architecture. Concentric training actually change muscular architecture by changing fascicle length. Stretching doesn't do that according to recent meta analyses, or if it does it has to be very intense (3 total minutes of stretching per muscle group per day for 5 days a week at extreme intensity at the very least)
So no stretch training doesn't lengthen, at least not the way it's implemented, and if you want to make progress with it using actually efficacious methods, you have high chances of hurting yourself, because all you're doing is getting tissue more and more tolerant to pain until you might hurt yourself because it doesn't get stronger.
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Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. More examples of eccentric exercises please
Sure thing! Thank you!
The Synapse CCR is the the best portable eccentric overload tool on the market. It can be used safely just about anywhere, and packs down to less than 2 lbs.
To get the most benefit out of eccentric training for strength and flexibility, does the tempo have to be slow? I learnt that with most exercises, you can do the concentric movement explosively and the eccentric is done slowly.
The only exception is with deadlifts, which I heard that it is safer to let momentum of the weight drop it to the floor which is what powerlifters tend to do.
So I am a bit confused.
Hey! No I agree with your first point… I think the slow nature of eccentric exercise is really important, including deadlifts too 👍🏼
I don't get it. Every lift has both concentric and eccentric phases. How is eccentric training different from strength training?
So it depends how much someone really utilises the eccentric, think of bicep curls for example… you can control it down properly or just let it fall down (depending on weight naturally)….. but also the main idea here is eccentrics vs STRETCHING for flexibility
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Personally I don't think that the key for flexibility is that the training is specifically eccentric, its when the exercise is to end range for the muscle that you really see results with range
Hello! I see your point, and would agree that any exercise that works on flexibility would need to be done at end of range. Whether it is stretching or eccentrics, you have to challenge the muscle’s range to get results.
EEEEEcentric is not a word anywhere in the English language. Eccentric means ‘away from the center’. A crazy person is called eccentric bc they are ‘away from the center of normality’. A ‘negative’ movement of an exercise is a movement of the tendons ‘away from the center of the muscle’. It makes perfect sense from an etymological standpoint. Mispronouncing it as eeeecentric would mean ‘without a center’, which makes no sense. Another line of logic proving that it must be pronounced eK-Sen-Trik is that the first syllable is ‘ec’, which can only be pronounced ‘ek’ in English. There’s no possibility of a silent ‘c’. There’s no controversy regarding how to pronounce ‘centric’. So, the word is pronounced, eK-Sen-Trik. But don’t take my word for it! Look it up in literally any English dictionary.
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