What is Eccentric Overload Training? | Is Eccentric Training Good for Athletes?

[@TheMovementSystem]

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[@3k955]

Not everything is concentric in sports. Change of directions and decceleration, even running (heel touching the ground after contact) has an eccentric overload component. Some says sports have very little concentric components as most movement involve the stretch shortening cycle. Movements where contact times are very low dont have much concentric involvement from the muscle as it takes the muscle too much time to produce force (as keir from rugby strenght coach says: tendon is king)

[@augustobautista7350]

Great video very informative I will be applying eccentric overload training to my hypertrophy workouts

[@aaronbernath3554]

So heavy negatives? Got it! Thx for explaining

[@finnsells8303]

Great video. Hasn’t considered that only eccentric training would improve mostly eccentric movements and less around concentric. Makes obvious sense but good to cater the workouts to goals depending on what you need as an athlete

[@coachingconfidant2785]

i dont think thats true tbough

[@josephmuhammad1025]

Thank you for a very sensible and insightful presentation

[@michaelrhodes6730]

I've been thinking alot about this and how most sports (Еspecially combat sports), rely almost entirely on concentric and quasi-isometric contractions. Punching(concentric)blocking(Iso)..or take down (concentric) into choke(Iso). So it appears that based on the SAID principle, that eccentric overload wouldn't be very beneficial. However, Gordon Ryan who is the jiu jitsu GOAT uses body building type training for strength which I thought was weird. But let's say an athlete uses such excercises in a way that is very dissimilar to punches or takedowns, to just help balance out the strength of the tissues involved and "armor build" without creating dysfunctional movement patterns by keeping the general physical preparation training, completely seperate from the plyo, explosive, sports specific training the athlete.does. I think the eccentrics will just fill in the gaps of human function and prevent injuries rather than improve actual force production. Any thoughts?

[@Hero101010]

Thank you for your concise explanation. The examples helped a lot!

[@TheMovementSystem]

Great! You’re welcome

[@Oi-mj6dv]

Its known that eccentric only 1RM basically represents total potential strenght for the muscle (not necesarily achieved) but thar concentric only 1RM is the actual metric for available strenght. They can be close together or far apart, if close together thats a good indication a hypertrophy cycle (or eccentric overload cycle) might be a good idea Basically eccentric is a good proxy for muscle mass and this does correlate with potential strenght gains but its a shit metric for actual strenght.

[@KertoBrand]

Great explanation my guy!

[@TheMovementSystem]

Thank you!

[@josephwallace3912]

You need more subscribers, great source of info

[@TheMovementSystem]

I agree. Lol

[@gregp7980]

Exactly what I needed to know, and cleared up some confusion I had for years. I was mistaken that slow eccentric movements were the equivalent of overload but not the case. Thanks!

[@littlepigywigy]

Thanks.

[@markaytonthelustybard1249]

Thanks man! - very well explained! - I'd heard this term thrown around for quite some time, but didn't really 100% understand it, you are a great teacher, cheers!

[@jrazah3907]

Should I train more concentric or eccentric as a football player

[@TheMovementSystem]

Off season more eccentric in season more concentric

[@SantiagosSystems]

What is the best training for an mma athlete looking to focus on speed and agility ?

[@mrwhitemantv]

Concentric obviously

[@Vltimate1]

Such a good video!

[@TheMovementSystem]

Thanks!

[@LaPtiteAnglaise]

Hi. What was the takeaway for eccentric training? Good for hypertrophic development and braking contractions? I get the specificity principles but - say for example in MMA - what would you use eccentric phase of pull-ups for? What sports would favour eccentric hamstring curls/pull up phase over concentric? Thanks for help. Appreciate its not easy to contain the science to a short answer. I’ve used eccentrics for gastrocnemius in recovery routines…

[@TheMovementSystem]

Takeaway is that eccentrics work well in many cases such as hamstring strength for runners/ sprinters, hypertrophy work, and certain rehab applications such as loading the gastroc/ Achilles. But don’t overdo it and use them for everything. There’s still a place for power/ concentric movements especially for field sport athletes

[@LaPtiteAnglaise]

@@TheMovementSystem thank you for the response 👍🏻 Great videos. Appreciate the work that goes in.

[@anishjoshi2777]

@@TheMovementSystem what about climbing rope. So while coming down should I go slowly? Coz going up is concentric, also what to do if I want to increase endurance on rope up and down

[@TheMovementSystem]

@@anishjoshi2777 Yea you can slow the eccentric to build strength and endurance on the rope

[@joshthomas_1696]

Great video Matt! Very well explained

[@ajithsidhu7183]

How do i build muscle with bfr and with 1 weight

[@ElleTheScalper]

What rep tempo should I use? Should I go fast on both concentric and eccentric?

[@TheMovementSystem]

Typically you would want to have longer on the eccentric. Something like 301 (3 eccentric 0 pause 1 concentric)

[@ElleTheScalper]

@@TheMovementSystem should I still use that tempo if my goal is explosiveness?

[@TheMovementSystem]

@@ElleTheScalper Yea that's a good tempo for explosiveness. You could also do 201

[@ElleTheScalper]

@@TheMovementSystem ok thanks

[@ElleTheScalper]

@@TheMovementSystem how bout elastic strength and speed sir? How do I train it?

[@bunditthiabthong5399]

Thamks👍👍👍

[@rsg833]

🔥🔥🔥

[@viejodelentes6079]

I'd do super slow training, it's the same theory.

[@elduderino1329]

No, it's not even close.

[@catirerubio]

Honestly, I don't get it. More video examples may help.

[@RSX-club]

this how we do it in RSX-club (Resistance Stretching Exercises) kzbin.infoQL5FKCyDFFk

[@alfenito]

EEEEEcentric is not a word anywhere in the English language. Eccentric means ‘away from the center’. A crazy person is called eccentric bc they are ‘away from the center of normality’. A ‘negative’ movement of an exercise is a movement of the tendons ‘away from the center of the muscle’. It makes perfect sense from an etymological standpoint. Mispronouncing it as eeeecentric would mean ‘without a center’, which makes no sense. Another line of logic proving that it must be pronounced eK-Sen-Trik is that the first syllable is ‘ec’, which can only be pronounced ‘ek’ in English. There’s no possibility of a silent ‘c’. There’s no controversy regarding how to pronounce ‘centric’. So, the word is pronounced, eK-Sen-Trik. But don’t take my word for it! Look it up in literally any English dictionary.

[@flyaway6671]

Lol nobody ever brings this up. Concentric is not the right word for the positive phase either. Who on earth decided to use these words? Just stick to positive/negative or lifting and lowering..

[@uncleted3961]

It’s ek-centric. Not ee-centric!!

[@garzascreek]

How to pronounce _eccentric:_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5-kfYx5qN-tg8k