• Episode 94: Are Eccentrics or Concentrics Better for Hypertrophy?

  • Mar 3 2025
  • Length: 26 mins
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Episode 94: Are Eccentrics or Concentrics Better for Hypertrophy?

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  • This week we discuss use of concentric vs eccentric exercise to build muscle. Out the gate, our biggest suggestion is if you are trying to have a complete program, you really need to do a good mix of all muscle actions. And the results of this study suggest that one muscle action isn't really better than the other. It seems like the other training variables (frequency, intensity, time under tension, set-rep scheme, etc) are more related to hypertrophy than type of muscle action. But maybe if you are trying to get big in as short a time as possible, some supramaximal eccentric training can get the job done. Just don't hurt yourself.

    The abstract can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39652733/

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