Sentences with phrase «second eccentric phase»

Instead, I'm referring to prolonging the duration of the eccentric portion of each rep. Rather than simply lowering the weight in the easiest way possible, use a 4 to 5 second eccentric phase on each rep.

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Amortization (isometric, pause)-- This is the transition from the eccentric to concentric phase of the jump and takes place within hundredths of a second.

A standard tempo on a movement like a bench press might be as follows: 2 -0-1, which is 2 seconds down during the eccentric phase when you're lowering the weight to your chest, no pause (when you change from eccentric to concentric) and 1 second up when you lifting the bar upwards.

For example, you can try a 3 -1-1 tempo, which adds another second to the eccentric phase and a 1 - second pause at the bottom.

In other words, first he performed three sets consisting of 12 reps, in which he took three seconds to lower down the weight during the eccentric phase.

When training with plyometrics (or any of the other power strategies you're about to discover), the delay between the stretching, eccentric phase, and the shortening, concentric phase needs to be very short — no longer than about a quarter of a second.

With HIT you should be looking at taking 3 seconds to lift the weight (known as the concentric phase — where the muscle contracts and shortens) pause for 1 sec at the end of the phase (holding phase) and then take 4 seconds to lower the weight (the eccentric phase — lengthening of the muscle) and then pause for 1 second.

This would mean that every time the client lowers the weight into a squat, it needs to take them 3 seconds to get to the bottom of the lift (the eccentric phase).

Muscle activation ramps up during a half - second interval in the concentric phase (top of the swing) and then transitions to almost complete relaxation during much of the eccentric phase (coming down with the swing)(5).

The first eight - week phase was the eccentric training phase on one arm, and the second eight weeks was concentric on the opposite arm.