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Here's an interesting analysis of the speed of eccentric movements. https://bretcontreras.com/strength-gains-slow-eccentrics/ As it turns out higher loads and unavoidably faster lowering cadence is more efficient at producing strength/hypertrophy than lower loads with slower speed of descent...

(Just an opinion, please read it as such) SD, along with lowering muscle protection from the current loads, also causes muscle atrophy (prooflink). Then, when training is resumed later, the "unparalleled growth" is nothing more than quick regaining of the muscle lost thanks to the "muscle...

Here's what I get when choosing Settings / Signature in the menu: As this feature is relatively new it's gonna take a while before someone likes at least 1% of my total posts (907 at the moment, so I need about 10 posts liked by someone). Is there something that can be done about it? Or can...

http://weightology.net/weightologyweekly/?page_id=4705 A nice research showing how a group utilizing 3-week long SD (called by them periodic training) midway through weight progression in bench presses soon catches up with the continuous training group, and by the end of the 24-week long survey...

This guy has been doing a big volume of work for his lats, about 3-6 exercises of 5 sets of 8-10 reps 2-3 times per week, which could easily surpass a total of 150 reps per bout. His results speak of themselves. Natural. Around 13-15 months between each picture. Any thoughts? Can the same...