Sentences with phrase «eccentric portion of the movement»

Make sure to stretch fully and straighten your arms at the bottom of each rep — don't forget that the negative or eccentric portion of the movement is as crucial to growth as the positive one.

Some personal trainers will tell you that the best way to lift is explosively, thereby maximizing fiber recruitment and triggering greater growth, while others claim that lifting in a slow and controlled manner, especially on the eccentric portion of the movement, will create greater muscle tension and lead to greater hypertrophy.

But this time, we want you to emphasize the eccentric portion of the movement, which is where the greatest potential for hypertrophy and power development lies.

To prevent this from happening, perform very controlled squats with a box and focus on the eccentric portion of the movement.

This is the eccentric portion of the movement.

Obviously, I want people to be under control during the eccentric portion of the movement, but when it's time to contract, you must contract with speed!

The greatest amount of muscle tearing occurs during the eccentric portion of the movement, so this should be slow and controlled.

Increase the intensity in this situation by slowing down the rep speed or adding a pause at the end of the eccentric portion of the movement.

All of this means that when you challenge your body to do more WORK — for instance, by going very slowly on the eccentric portion of the movement — you get more of your important type 2 (fast twitch) muscle fibers involved... which means you become more metabolically active to burn fat... AND build greater strength.