When you take a muscle through the full range of motion, it goes through three phases of muscle contraction: eccentric, isometric, and concentric. Placing more attention on one phase can yield ...

Time under contraction is not directly measured in a typical weight training program. Most people really don't even think about the number of seconds a given muscle is forced to work. Indirectly, ...

Being able to strength train appropriately at home is incredibly challenging. Most of us don’t have the necessary equipment like barbells, squat racks, and a variety of plates for extra weight. So how ...

Leg strength and endurance can be developed by performing squats leg curls and extensions using a variety of slow methodical lifts. Many of us have been doing these exercises for years. But the ...

If you're like most guys in the gym, when you’re doing a big lift—whether it’s a max bench, a PR squat, or the last rep of a strip set of curls—you’re focused on one thing: Getting that weight up. But ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you tend to breeze through the "easy" part of an exercise—like lowering into a squat or letting your ...