Sentences with phrase «rapid eccentric contraction»

It may be argued that by performing exercises in this manner one misses the benefit of a rapid eccentric contraction, but a healthy athlete with a slightly reduced training effect always beats an injured athlete with any training effect.

This loads the leg by rapidly forcing its muscles to stretch and undergo rapid eccentric contraction (Just think of compressing the coils of a strong and stiff spring).

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This helps to develop power in the quadricep muscles (amongst others) as landing into a squat position involves an eccentric contraction of the quads to decrease rapid knee bending, before a concentric contraction to straighten the knees and jump up.