Once reserved for athletes, eccentric exercise is becoming increasingly popular in everyday training and physical therapy—especially for people with musculoskeletal conditions like Parkinson’s disease ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE You wrote something about eccentric muscle contractions. I didn't understand your message. Would you go at it again for me? I am quite interested in strength training, and I am even ...

Just five minutes a day of slow, controlled bodyweight exercises improves strength, flexibility, and mental health. The home-based program is ideal for sedentary people and requires no equipment or ...

Eccentric exercise, characterised by muscle lengthening under load, is a potent stimulus that induces muscle damage while concurrently provoking adaptive mechanisms. The paradox of this exercise ...

We're living longer than in previous generations, with one in eight Australians aged over 85. But the current gap between life expectancy ("life span") and health-adjusted life expectancy ("health ...

For many people, the thought of beginning a fitness journey feels overwhelming. Between busy schedules, uncertainty about proper techniques, and concerns about injury, the barriers to starting ...

For the most part, we look askance at anything that dubs itself a "hack" that can help you reach your fitness goals. When it comes to training, consistency is really the name of the game, and ...

We intend on acing those body goals in 2019. Eccentric exercise has been shown to have a greater effect on muscle size than concentric exercise. This type of training is basically when the muscle is ...

When lifting heavy weights off the floor, as in the deadlift or back squat, when the core is under constant load and pressure ...

The eccentric action is an integral part of the stretch-shortening (or eccentric-concentric) cycle of muscle movement, especially when repositioning of the centre of gravity is required. Jumps and ...

Your legs work hard in the saddle when you’re climbing or sprinting, or just going the distance. Meanwhile, your core works to keep you stable and cycling efficiently, while your upper body helps you ...