April 10, 2018

Eccentric Muscle Contraction

 

This video describes concentric and eccentric muscle contraction. A concentric contraction is the shortening of a muscle. Eccentric contraction is a controlled lengthening of a muscle against a force, usually gravity. Bodybuilders refer to eccentric muscle contractions as “doing negatives”.

 

 

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