Muscle building #Tip 3 Concentric vs Eccentric movements/ Which builds more muscle?
This time we are going to discuss whether concentric or eccentric movements are better for overall muscle building. Which induces more muscle stress, damage towards the tissue and muscle it self.
Firstly, what is an concentric and eccentric movement?
So, these two movements together are basically just a different form of movement based around any exercise. To put it simply, the concentric movement is basically the up part, up motion or pressing part of an exercise. For an example, if we were to perform a push up, when we are pressing up from isometric movement (bottom phase), this will be the concentric movement. As for the eccentric movement, it is really the opposite thing, this is mostly known or called as the lowering phase of an exercise.
Now leaning towards the question, which movements is better for muscle building?
Although Bisharie said concentric movements are better in his opinion, concentric movements still become a vital aspect towards completing an exercise. The eccentric movement is better towards encouraging a greater muscle stimulus because of its direction, and accordance to time under tension. Let’s say for example, we’re doing a push up, on the lowering phase (eccentric movement) we are inherently engaging the muscles being activated to a greater standard, and we could even say the movement is close to putting all our weight into that movement solely (depending on the exercise).
How can we make the eccentric movement even harder to create more muscle tension?
If we were to make the eccentric movements the key aspect in our exercises, a great way to increase the stress or time under tension is to time your tempo slower for the eccentric movement. Our normal tempo would follow 2-2-1. So, the lowering phase is always a bit slower than the other movements, you would lower down following 2 secs. But if you could force yourself to lower down slower, this can become even greater towards muscle mass also. But trust me, you might want to keep it at 2 secs, because its hard already.
You guys can basically take the eccentric movements as your main aspect while doing your sets, if you are focusing on hypertrophy. This tempo method can be applied to all training methods, including weights also.
I hope you guys can benefit from this video, and found the information useful. Continue to work hard guys
-Stay strong, never give up and make gains
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