We should quit.
The point is to slow the eccentric part of exercise down…too many in the gym go way too fast or just drop the weight
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This study is stupid, and comes to stupid conclusions.
I’ll inform the entirety of professional sports that sprint/explosive work is pointless. (No one better tell CT about this)
I’m also tell all the Olympic lifters that they’re dumb and do everything wrong. I’ll do the same for CrossFitters too.
Shit like this makes me angry at the skinny Poindexter fucks that perform studies like these.
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Love the energy Andrew!
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They’re doing it right. The sprinters and oly lifters just don’t want to get too big.
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CT already knows! I did a Thibadeau routine once and there were entire days dedicated to eccentrics.
As a counter point
@FlatsFarmer Dude, what do you think about periodization where you have some phases that are concentric only and some that are eccentric only?
And let’s pair it with THIS diet
…oh my god I wanna do this SO bad now
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Words only ever uttered by those who are lacking muscle mass.
“There has never been a gram of muscle that someone has regretted putting on, as it never made it there by accident.” - (Andrewgen_Receptors, 11/17/2022)
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I’m calling bs. Politely. I lifted weights and did cardio for like 18 months trying to lose weight and all I got from it was a 10 lbs. gain and all of my lifts went up.
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I’m sorry for your loss
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Thanks man. I blame the cabbage & egg tacos. And the dog. Definitely was the dog.
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At first it sounds crazy, but then I thought about it, and I’m totally down. For everybody, from beginners to the super advanced.
When you suck at pullups you just do negatives, or eccentrics and jump back up because you can’t do the concentric. And that (allegedly) works.
If your back or leg gets hurt you can drag a sled or push a prowler. Concentric only. And then when you come back to regular stuff you’re totally stronger than if you didn’t do that work.
Josh Bryant says to use “dead benches” or lifting from pins, concentric only, for super strong benchers looking for progress.
Our own guy @Koestrizer moved his overhead into the mid 300s basically focusing on the concentric action with jerks
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Skeptics might say that none of those are like eccentric or concentric only. And I guess they’re totally right.
Like Drew-Buddy pointed out, sometimes lab-coat guys make an interesting finding then decide that that shit is like the one true way. Like you can get good muscle tension lifting with a controlled tempo. And they somehow turn it into Super Slow.
Or like how Schoenfeld saw that 10 sets is better than 2 sets and theorized that 40 sets is the Best Best.
They have a good idea, they just take it to far.
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Right?! I feel like this could actually be so much smarter than so many dudes that just bang their head against the wall for 10 years doing the same routine. Think of how organically it solves itself.
GPP Phase: Sled drags and high rep olympic lift variants (concentric only)
Hypertrophy/accumulation: Eccentric only
Intensification: Dead benches, deadlifts and Anderson squats for heavy singles (Concentric only)
This could legit become something, haha.
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I was kinda thinking about the same thing yesterday while I was doing a workout of sled drags and kettlebell swings.
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Can you imagine just how insane we could make stuff if we introduce bands into the eccentric only phase? We’ll be unstoppable!
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More is gooder!
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I’ve been seeing lots powerlifter dudes use an eccentric emphasis during Mass Phases or Accumulation Blocks. They keep doing their regular barbell lifts, for low powerlifter reps, only they lower slow so it takes longer and (theoretically) builds mass.
It makes the periodization wat easier to think about, without subbing in different lifts or set/rep ranges.
My Hero Matt even does Speed Bench and Speed Squats with a slow down motion.
The idea of an entire training cycle of only 1 specific type of lifting gives me anxiety though! I’m brainwashed by Conjugate guys, so I always gotta mix stuff.
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Oh man, let’s “Cube method” this mother.
Week 1: Bench-eccentric only, Dead-concentric only, Squat-both
Week 2: Bench-both, deadlift-eccentric, squat-concentric
Week 3: Bench-concentric, deadlift-both, squat-eccentric
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I am so confused. I assume this whole thing is a joke. How would you do any of these lifts with just the eccentric? You gonna hire helpers to lift the weight for you every time?
I get it on concentric-only deadlifts - you can just drop a deadlift at the top - and maybe you have great safeties you can drop a bench on… but who’s gonna lift it back up?
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