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Elbow injuries are relatively common in bodybuilding due to the repetitive and often heavy lifting involved in many exercises. To reduce the risk of elbow injuries in bodybuilding, you can follow these guidelines: 1. Warm-Up: Always start your workout with a proper warm-up. Engage in light...

Tendon health is crucial in bodybuilding, as strong and healthy tendons are essential for supporting heavy weights and preventing injuries. Here are some tips to help you maintain and promote tendon health in your bodybuilding routine: 1. Gradual Progression: Avoid the temptation to lift heavy...

When you lift weights, there are two primary muscle actions you perform. The concenctric (lifting the weight up) and eccentric (lowering the weight down). It is common for people to only focus on the concentric to lift up as much weight as possible for a certain number of repetitions. But we...

Shoulder Health Sunday? Can this be a thing? . Today we are going to go over one of many exercises that I started performing that took my shoulder pain from “I can’t even look at a barbell without it hurting” back to benching every other day. Reducing pain with a concentration on the eccentric...

Eccentric Vs. Concentric training. Which Is Better? How should you think about the benefits during lifting (concentric) and lowering (eccentric) of the weight during your workout? Resistance training involves two types of movements, concentric and eccentric. Concentric movement is...

t's common for people to only focus on bringing the weights up and forget to control the weight down. We have solid evidence showing this is not beneficial for muscle growth. - A 2017 meta-analysis shows the eccentric (lowering down) part of a lift is at least as important as the concentric...

Many trainers and coaches preach the importance of the lowering portion during lifting as they believe it to be more important for growth. The reality is that many of the studies that show this to be the case used greater loads during eccentric-only training compared to concentric-only training...

3 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR A MONSTER BENCHby Noah Bryant, CSCS [Editor's Note: It's always a pleasure to introduce another well-credentialed athlete and writer to the ProSource family. In this case, we're REALLY keeping it in the family as we present Noah Bryant, CSCS, brother of powerlifting...

We often hear people freak out because they AREN'T getting sore, thinking that their workouts were a waste. Here's why you don't need to be worried. . Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is the muscle ache experience 24-72 hours after exercise. It is frequently referred to as a sign of a...

by Matt Weik For many people, this article will be a “duh” feature. However, I think we all fall into a routine at the gym and some people forget about different workout techniques to help stimulate the muscle and promote new muscle growth. Many people get stuck doing three sets of 10 reps and...

themusclephd 💥These are the key questions people ask when it comes to optimizing BFR. - 1️⃣Don’t unwrap between sets because you will lose the pump. 2️⃣Keep rest short. 3️⃣ The eccentric part of a rep doesn’t matter as much when doing BFR. Instead what matters is pumping as much blood as...

Concentric strength training just as effective as eccentric strength training <tbody> </tbody> When you're doing strength training, the eccentric and the concentric parts of your reps are equally important, according to a meta-study published by scientist and trainer Brad Schoenfeld...

Keeping gains- Some tips for coming off a cycle for the moderate user to hold on to the new found muscle - These tips are for the moderate user and not for the high dose or long term AAS user, these basic methods will help maintain a degree of muscularity while in the off period. If all...

Low-Carbohydrate Diet ResearchThe Impact of Dietary Carbs on Muscle Recovery & Free Testosterone The mission of MD is to be the leader in the field of cutting-edge research, we want to give you all the tools (i.e., knowledge) you need to become a successful bodybuilder, and it’s up to you to...

DOMS, Inflammation, and Muscle Growth Why Your Muscles Get Sore: Exercise and Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness by Matt Perryman If you've ever done any kind of hard activity, you've had sore muscles. It's inevitable, even to couch potatoes. If you exercise on any regular basis, it's guaranteed...